JWN vs. DDS, M, KSS, GPS, ANF, URBN, AEO, BKE, LE, and DXLG
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 (GPS), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Lands' End (LE), and Destination XL Group (DXLG). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Nordstrom received 575 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 58.48% of users gave Nordstrom an outperform vote.
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.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Dillard's' net margin of -1.35%. Nordstrom's return on equity of 38.66% beat Dillard's' return on equity.
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 3.4%. Dillard's pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordstrom pays out 41.5% 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 13 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Nordstrom had 14 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Nordstrom and 3 mentions for Dillard's. Nordstrom's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Dillard's' score of 0.63 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dillard's currently has a consensus target price of $332.50, suggesting a potential downside of 18.51%. Nordstrom has a consensus target price of $17.75, suggesting a potential downside of 19.81%. Given Nordstrom's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dillard's is more favorable than Nordstrom.
Dillard's has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordstrom has a beta of 2.62, meaning that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Nordstrom shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Nordstrom shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dillard's beats Nordstrom on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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