BURL vs. DDS, M, KSS, AZO, ROST, JD, FAST, KR, YUM, and CPNG
Should you be buying Burlington Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burlington Stores include Dillard's (DDS), Macy's (M), Kohl's (KSS), AutoZone (AZO), Ross Stores (ROST), JD.com (JD), Fastenal (FAST), Kroger (KR), Yum! Brands (YUM), and Coupang (CPNG). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Burlington Stores had 19 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Burlington Stores and 3 mentions for Dillard's. Burlington Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Dillard's' score of 0.52 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are held by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Burlington Stores shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dillard's currently has a consensus price target of $332.50, indicating a potential downside of 18.51%. Burlington Stores has a consensus price target of $248.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.39%. Given Dillard's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Burlington Stores is more favorable than Dillard's.
Burlington Stores received 351 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave Burlington Stores an outperform vote while only 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Dillard's' net margin of 3.87%. Dillard's' return on equity of 46.39% beat Burlington Stores' return on equity.
Dillard's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Burlington Stores. Dillard's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burlington Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dillard's has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Burlington Stores beats Dillard's on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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