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Dillard's (DDS) Competitors

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$616.08 -7.78 (-1.25%)
Closing price 10/3/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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DDS vs. COST, ROST, ULTA, BKE, BOOT, KR, M, WMT, KSS, and TSCO

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), Kohl's (KSS), and Tractor Supply (TSCO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Dillard's vs. Its Competitors

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

Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more 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
Costco Wholesale$275.24B1.47$8.10B$18.2150.27
Dillard's$6.59B1.46$593.48M$36.2616.99

68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 133 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 136 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 3 mentions for Dillard's. Costco Wholesale's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Dillard's' score of 0.81 indicating that Costco Wholesale is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Costco Wholesale
84 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
26 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dillard's
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Dillard's has a net margin of 8.87% compared to Costco Wholesale's net margin of 2.94%. Dillard's' return on equity of 30.55% beat Costco Wholesale's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Costco Wholesale2.94% 30.09% 10.69%
Dillard's 8.87%30.55%15.09%

Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Costco Wholesale pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dillard's pays out 3.3% 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. Costco Wholesale has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Dillard's has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Costco Wholesale is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Costco Wholesale currently has a consensus price target of $1,067.19, indicating a potential upside of 16.58%. Dillard's has a consensus price target of $394.33, indicating a potential downside of 35.99%. Given Costco Wholesale's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Costco Wholesale is more favorable than Dillard's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Costco Wholesale
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Dillard's
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.60

Summary

Costco Wholesale beats Dillard's on 12 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$9.64B$5.03B$27.36B$21.78B
Dividend Yield0.19%2.54%172.45%3.54%
P/E Ratio16.9914.1020.3329.82
Price / Sales1.461.009.0167.52
Price / Cash12.687.8617.6318.31
Price / Book5.462.345.184.65
Net Income$593.48M$364.99M$908.96M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.76%4.73%0.38%1.20%
1 Month Performance6.96%3.07%2.73%3.32%
1 Year Performance67.97%22.02%15.91%13.11%

Dillard's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DDS
Dillard's
3.7529 of 5 stars
$616.08
-1.2%
$394.33
-36.0%
+68.0%$9.64B$6.59B16.9928,800
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.8242 of 5 stars
$916.87
+0.1%
$1,072.00
+16.9%
+3.7%$406.61B$275.24B50.35333,000Trending News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.4471 of 5 stars
$151.86
+0.2%
$160.67
+5.8%
+4.8%$49.39B$21.13B24.10107,000Positive News
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
3.2087 of 5 stars
$553.71
+0.3%
$544.20
-1.7%
+45.7%$24.83B$11.30B21.2358,000Positive News
BKE
Buckle
2.8803 of 5 stars
$59.03
-1.3%
$54.00
-8.5%
+32.6%$3.02B$1.22B14.768,000Positive News
BOOT
Boot Barn
3.4219 of 5 stars
$165.97
-1.9%
$182.54
+10.0%
+3.4%$5.07B$1.91B26.1810,400
KR
Kroger
4.4069 of 5 stars
$66.39
+1.4%
$73.63
+10.9%
+18.6%$44.00B$147.12B16.85409,000Trending News
M
Macy's
3.9845 of 5 stars
$18.19
+1.0%
$15.25
-16.1%
+15.1%$4.88B$23.01B10.3994,189
WMT
Walmart
4.5921 of 5 stars
$103.01
-0.1%
$112.38
+9.1%
+26.2%$821.28B$680.99B38.732,100,000Trending News
KSS
Kohl's
3.414 of 5 stars
$15.37
-5.3%
$12.75
-17.0%
-13.7%$1.72B$16.22B8.3187,000
TSCO
Tractor Supply
4.5218 of 5 stars
$56.69
+0.3%
$62.15
+9.6%
-5.4%$30.04B$14.88B27.8252,000Positive News

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