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$24.68 +0.04 (+0.14%)
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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.

Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) 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 earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

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's9.55% 32.13% 15.84%
Nordstrom -1.57%-18.04%-1.87%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dillard'sOutperform Votes
434
59.78%
Underperform Votes
292
40.22%
NordstromOutperform Votes
1022
58.17%
Underperform Votes
735
41.83%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dillard's$6.56B1.02$738.85M$36.1911.64
Nordstrom$15.02B0.27$134M$1.7214.35

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Dillard's currently has a consensus price target of $310.00, indicating a potential downside of 26.39%. Nordstrom has a consensus price target of $22.80, indicating a potential downside of 7.60%. Given Nordstrom's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

In the previous week, Nordstrom had 5 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Nordstrom and 23 mentions for Dillard's. Nordstrom's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Dillard's' score of 0.79 indicating that Nordstrom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dillard's
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nordstrom
10 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Summary

Dillard's and Nordstrom tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JWN vs. The Competition

MetricNordstromFamily clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.13B$20.41B$25.13B$19.30B
Dividend Yield3.09%2.59%169.81%3.84%
P/E Ratio15.7213.8924.6034.53
Price / Sales0.270.943.9734.83
Price / Cash3.459.9219.4117.51
Price / Book4.735.446.104.69
Net Income$134M$702.99M$784.05M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.59%0.82%-1.01%-1.74%
1 Month Performance2.51%13.73%10.25%7.50%
1 Year Performance15.68%-9.20%8.11%4.15%

Nordstrom Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JWN
Nordstrom
2.8677 of 5 stars
$24.68
+0.1%
$22.80
-7.6%
+15.7%$4.13B$15.02B15.7272,000Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
DDS
Dillard's
2.6614 of 5 stars
$404.49
-3.7%
$310.00
-23.4%
-3.6%$6.43B$6.56B10.4130,500Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
M
Macy's
4.5035 of 5 stars
$12.01
-1.8%
$14.00
+16.6%
-40.8%$3.35B$23.01B20.3688,900Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
KSS
Kohl's
3.825 of 5 stars
$8.43
-1.5%
$9.61
+14.0%
-68.3%$938.46M$16.22B3.8099,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
GAP
GAP
3.6576 of 5 stars
$27.98
+2.2%
$27.21
-2.7%
N/A$10.54B$15.09B12.9585,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
URBN
Urban Outfitters
3.797 of 5 stars
$61.42
-2.2%
$54.00
-12.1%
+85.7%$5.69B$5.55B17.6023,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.1511 of 5 stars
$78.06
-1.3%
$115.50
+48.0%
-46.0%$3.72B$4.95B7.7231,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BKE
Buckle
3.0912 of 5 stars
$41.34
-0.2%
$41.00
-0.8%
+12.8%$2.11B$1.22B10.498,300Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.8812 of 5 stars
$11.88
-3.9%
$14.80
+24.6%
-52.0%$2.05B$5.33B10.1540,800Upcoming Earnings
LE
Lands' End
0.3052 of 5 stars
$9.06
-4.3%
N/A-33.9%$279.78M$1.36B-13.735,000Positive News
PLCE
Children's Place
0.9861 of 5 stars
$6.01
-2.3%
$9.00
+49.8%
-48.6%$76.84M$1.39B-0.4211,900News Coverage
Positive News

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