ROST vs. JWN, TJX, GPS, ANF, URBN, AEO, FL, BKE, CAL, and GES
Should you be buying Ross Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ross Stores include Nordstrom (JWN), TJX Companies (TJX), GAP (GPS), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), and Guess? (GES).
Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Nordstrom currently has a consensus target price of $17.75, indicating a potential downside of 19.81%. Ross Stores has a consensus target price of $159.06, indicating a potential upside of 12.88%. Given Nordstrom's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than Nordstrom.
Nordstrom received 37 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.07% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote while only 58.48% of users gave Nordstrom an outperform vote.
Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Ross Stores' net margin of -1.35%. Nordstrom's return on equity of 42.24% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.
Nordstrom pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Nordstrom pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ross Stores pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Ross Stores has higher revenue and earnings than Nordstrom. Nordstrom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ross Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.7% of Nordstrom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Ross Stores shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Nordstrom shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ross Stores shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Nordstrom had 6 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Nordstrom and 12 mentions for Ross Stores. Nordstrom's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Ross Stores' score of 0.63 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nordstrom has a beta of 2.62, suggesting that its share price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ross Stores beats Nordstrom on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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