KSS vs. M, DDS, TGLS, ACVA, HGTY, GME, SG, PSMT, JWN, and BOOT
Should you be buying Kohl's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kohl's include Macy's (M), Dillard's (DDS), Tecnoglass (TGLS), ACV Auctions (ACVA), Hagerty (HGTY), GameStop (GME), Sweetgreen (SG), PriceSmart (PSMT), Nordstrom (JWN), and Boot Barn (BOOT). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) and Macy's (NYSE:M) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
Kohl's has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macy's has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kohl's presently has a consensus price target of $24.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.34%. Macy's has a consensus price target of $17.45, suggesting a potential downside of 5.60%. Given Kohl's' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kohl's is more favorable than Macy's.
98.0% of Kohl's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macy's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Kohl's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Macy's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kohl's had 2 more articles in the media than Macy's. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Kohl's and 5 mentions for Macy's. Kohl's' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Macy's' score of 0.76 indicating that Kohl's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kohl's has a net margin of 1.81% compared to Macy's' net margin of 0.45%. Macy's' return on equity of 23.34% beat Kohl's' return on equity.
Kohl's pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Kohl's pays out 70.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Macy's pays out 186.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kohl's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Macy's received 112 more outperform votes than Kohl's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.66% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote while only 58.10% of users gave Kohl's an outperform vote.
Kohl's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macy's. Kohl's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Macy's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kohl's and Macy's tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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