Dillard's (DDS) Competitors

Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) and Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, JWN or DDS?

Nordstrom has a beta of 2.36, suggesting that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is JWN or DDS a better dividend stock?

Nordstrom pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Nordstrom pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dillard's pays out 2.8% 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. Dillard's has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer JWN or DDS?

Nordstrom currently has a consensus target price of $22.80, suggesting a potential downside of 7.60%. Dillard's has a consensus target price of $310.00, suggesting a potential downside of 23.02%. Given Nordstrom's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nordstrom is more favorable than Dillard's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nordstrom	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Dillard's	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Is JWN or DDS more profitable?

Dillard's has a net margin of 9.55% compared to Nordstrom's net margin of -1.57%. Dillard's' return on equity of 32.13% beat Nordstrom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nordstrom	-1.57%	-18.04%	-1.87%
Dillard's	9.55%	32.13%	15.84%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in JWN or DDS?

88.7% of Nordstrom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Dillard's shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Nordstrom shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of Dillard's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JWN or DDS?

Nordstrom received 588 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.78% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Nordstrom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nordstrom	Outperform Votes 1022 58.17%	Underperform Votes 735 41.83%
Dillard's	Outperform Votes 434 59.78%	Underperform Votes 292 40.22%

Does the media favor JWN or DDS?

In the previous week, Nordstrom had 12 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Nordstrom and 5 mentions for Dillard's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Nordstrom's score of 0.30 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nordstrom	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dillard's	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, JWN or DDS?

Dillard's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nordstrom. Dillard's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nordstrom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nordstrom	$15.02B	0.27	$134M	$1.72	14.35
Dillard's	$6.56B	0.98	$738.85M	$36.19	11.13

Summary

Dillard's beats Nordstrom on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.