Dillard's (DDS) Competitors

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

Is DDS or JWN 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
Dillard's	9.55%	32.13%	15.84%
Nordstrom	-1.57%	-18.04%	-1.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DDS or JWN?

Nordstrom received 589 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.72% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Nordstrom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dillard's	Outperform Votes 433 59.72%	Underperform Votes 292 40.28%
Nordstrom	Outperform Votes 1022 58.17%	Underperform Votes 735 41.83%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DDS or JWN?

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

Is DDS or JWN a better dividend stock?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, DDS or JWN?

Dillard's has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordstrom has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DDS or JWN?

Dillard's presently has a consensus target price of $310.00, suggesting a potential downside of 26.04%. Nordstrom has a consensus target price of $22.80, suggesting a potential downside of 7.58%. Given Nordstrom's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nordstrom 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
Nordstrom	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DDS or JWN?

Dillard's has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Dillard's	$6.56B	1.02	$738.85M	$36.19	11.58
Nordstrom	$15.02B	0.27	$134M	$1.72	14.34

Does the media favor DDS or JWN?

In the previous week, Nordstrom had 1 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Nordstrom and 23 mentions for Dillard's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Nordstrom's score of 0.88 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nordstrom	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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