JWN vs. DDS, M, KSS, GAP, URBN, ANF, BKE, AEO, LE, and PLCE
Should you be buying Nordstrom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nordstrom include Dillard's (DDS), Macy's (M), Kohl's (KSS), GAP (GAP), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Lands' End (LE), and Children's Place (PLCE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Nordstrom vs. Its Competitors
Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) and Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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.
Nordstrom presently has a consensus price target of $22.80, indicating a potential downside of 7.60%. Dillard's has a consensus price target of $310.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.76%. Given Nordstrom's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Nordstrom is more favorable than Dillard's.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of Dillard's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nordstrom has a beta of 2.36, meaning that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Nordstrom had 15 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Nordstrom and 3 mentions for Dillard's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Nordstrom's score of 0.23 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Summary
Dillard's beats Nordstrom on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:JWN) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
