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$461.22 -0.45 (-0.10%)
Closing price 07/18/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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DDS vs. COST, ROST, ULTA, BKE, BOOT, KR, M, WMT, JWN, and KSS

Should you be buying Dillard's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dillard's include Costco Wholesale (COST), Ross Stores (ROST), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Buckle (BKE), Boot Barn (BOOT), Kroger (KR), Macy's (M), Walmart (WMT), Nordstrom (JWN), and Kohl's (KSS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Dillard's vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 131 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 135 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 4 mentions for Dillard's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Costco Wholesale's score of 1.08 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dillard's
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Costco Wholesale
89 Very Positive mention(s)
16 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Dillard's pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costco Wholesale pays out 29.5% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Costco Wholesale has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Costco Wholesale is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Dillard's presently has a consensus target price of $310.00, indicating a potential downside of 32.79%. Costco Wholesale has a consensus target price of $1,037.48, indicating a potential upside of 9.10%. Given Costco Wholesale's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Costco Wholesale is more favorable than Dillard's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dillard's
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Costco Wholesale
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

Dillard's has a net margin of 8.93% compared to Costco Wholesale's net margin of 2.92%. Dillard's' return on equity of 30.52% beat Costco Wholesale's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dillard's8.93% 30.52% 15.16%
Costco Wholesale 2.92%30.48%10.52%

67.2% of Dillard's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by institutional investors. 35.0% of Dillard's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dillard's has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dillard's$6.59B1.09$593.48M$36.1912.74
Costco Wholesale$254.45B1.66$7.37B$17.6353.94

Summary

Costco Wholesale beats Dillard's on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DDS vs. The Competition

MetricDillard'sRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.22B$3.82B$26.28B$20.84B
Dividend Yield0.22%3.62%177.12%3.65%
P/E Ratio12.7412.3529.7227.56
Price / Sales1.090.886.0258.99
Price / Cash9.506.5748.2622.29
Price / Book4.091.845.654.66
Net Income$593.48M$364.99M$876.41M$994.58M
7 Day Performance6.78%0.43%-0.69%-0.29%
1 Month Performance15.95%10.51%6.92%4.90%
1 Year Performance16.80%-7.66%23.62%11.14%

Dillard's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DDS
Dillard's
3.3288 of 5 stars
$461.22
-0.1%
$310.00
-32.8%
+15.2%$7.22B$6.59B12.7428,800News Coverage
Positive News
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.2653 of 5 stars
$992.18
+0.5%
$1,034.79
+4.3%
+13.3%$440.01B$254.45B56.28333,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
ROST
Ross Stores
4.7662 of 5 stars
$130.77
-0.6%
$158.94
+21.5%
-10.1%$42.77B$21.13B20.66107,000Positive News
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
3.8058 of 5 stars
$475.99
-0.4%
$465.04
-2.3%
+25.5%$21.40B$11.30B18.5958,000Positive News
BKE
Buckle
3.0431 of 5 stars
$46.92
-1.6%
$41.00
-12.6%
+23.5%$2.40B$1.22B12.068,000Ex-Dividend
BOOT
Boot Barn
4.0014 of 5 stars
$162.72
-1.3%
$173.67
+6.7%
+42.7%$4.98B$1.91B27.7710,400Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.5923 of 5 stars
$71.45
+2.3%
$70.00
-2.0%
+30.2%$47.22B$146.97B19.47409,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
M
Macy's
4.1336 of 5 stars
$12.44
-0.6%
$13.20
+6.1%
-27.3%$3.38B$23.01B6.3194,189
WMT
Walmart
4.883 of 5 stars
$99.27
+0.9%
$106.67
+7.5%
+34.3%$792.22B$680.99B42.422,100,000Trending News
Insider Trade
JWN
Nordstrom
1.4507 of 5 stars
$24.68
+0.1%
$22.80
-7.6%
+6.3%$4.13B$15.02B15.7272,000High Trading Volume
KSS
Kohl's
3.4816 of 5 stars
$9.02
-2.8%
$9.75
+8.1%
-56.4%$1.01B$16.22B8.2887,000News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:DDS) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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