Dillard's (DDS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dillard's in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "reduce" DDS shares.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Dillard's' shares. Their DDS share price forecasts range from $150.00 to $410.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $279.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.5%.
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Dillard's' stock was trading at $323.20 at the start of the year. Since then, DDS stock has increased by 1.0% and is now trading at $326.44.
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Dillard's saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,230,000 shares, a decrease of 8.2% from the August 15th total of 1,340,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 124,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 9.9 days. Currently, 14.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 9th 2023.
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Dillard's, Inc. (NYSE:DDS) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 10th. The company reported $7.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.66 by $3.32. The business had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.55 billion. Dillard's had a net margin of 11.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 46.53%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $9.30 EPS.

Dillard's declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 29th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, October 30th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 28th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) stock in their portfolio include Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD), Euclidean Fundamental Value ETF (ECML), Hartford Multifactor Small Cap ETF (ROSC), Hartford Longevity Economy ETF (HLGE), Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (DSMC), BlackRock Future U.S. Themes ETF (BTHM), First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF (AFSM) and Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF (DFAT).

Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.26%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 1.68%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DDS will have a dividend payout ratio of 2.21% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2,306 employees have rated Dillard's Chief Executive Officer Bill Dillard II on Glassdoor.com. Bill Dillard II has an approval rating of 46% among the company's employees. This puts Bill Dillard II in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Dillard's trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DDS."

Dillard's' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.68%), BlackRock Inc. (1.71%), Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC (0.83%), Citadel Advisors LLC (0.82%), State Street Corp (0.63%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.58%). Insiders that own company stock include Chris B Johnson, Dean L Worley, J C Watts Jr, James I Freeman, James I Freeman, Mike Litchford, Reynie Rutledge, Tom W Bolin, Tony J Bolte and Warren A Stephens.
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Shares of DDS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of DDS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $326.44.

Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) has a market capitalization of $5.36 billion and generates $6.87 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $891.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $47.68 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 29,900 workers across the globe.

Dillard's' mailing address is 1600 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR, 72201. The official website for the company is www.dillards.com. The company can be reached via phone at (501) 376-5200, via email at julie.bull@dillards.com, or via fax at 501-376-5917.