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KSS vs. M, DDS, JWN, BURL, ANF, ZGN, HGTY, PSMT, DRVN, and GMS

Should you be buying Kohl's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kohl's include Macy's (M), Dillard's (DDS), Nordstrom (JWN), Burlington Stores (BURL), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Hagerty (HGTY), PriceSmart (PSMT), Driven Brands (DRVN), and GMS (GMS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Kohl's vs.

Macy's (NYSE:M) and Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Macy's has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kohl's has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Macy's currently has a consensus price target of $13.30, indicating a potential upside of 11.67%. Kohl's has a consensus price target of $9.61, indicating a potential upside of 18.46%. Given Kohl's' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kohl's is more favorable than Macy's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Macy's
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Kohl's
7 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.53

87.4% of Macy's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Kohl's shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Macy's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Kohl's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Kohl's pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Macy's pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kohl's pays out 51.0% 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. Macy's has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Kohl's had 3 more articles in the media than Macy's. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Kohl's and 15 mentions for Macy's. Macy's' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Kohl's' score of 0.65 indicating that Macy's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Macy's
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kohl's
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kohl's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Macy's. Macy's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kohl's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Macy's$23.01B0.14$105M$2.065.78
Kohl's$16.22B0.06$317M$0.988.28

Kohl's has a net margin of 1.47% compared to Macy's' net margin of 0.73%. Macy's' return on equity of 21.99% beat Kohl's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Macy's0.73% 21.99% 5.60%
Kohl's 1.47%6.44%1.72%

Macy's received 116 more outperform votes than Kohl's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.72% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Kohl's an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Macy'sOutperform Votes
935
57.72%
Underperform Votes
685
42.28%
Kohl'sOutperform Votes
819
56.52%
Underperform Votes
630
43.48%

Summary

Macy's beats Kohl's on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KSS vs. The Competition

MetricKohl'sDepartment stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$902.84M$6.94B$25.20B$19.30B
Dividend Yield5.84%1.81%169.81%3.83%
P/E Ratio3.653.9724.4634.53
Price / Sales0.0611.803.9734.84
Price / Cash1.257.5719.4117.51
Price / Book0.234.836.104.69
Net Income$317M$400.44M$784.05M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.43%-0.43%-1.36%-2.43%
1 Month Performance21.23%4.26%9.31%6.27%
1 Year Performance-68.99%7.69%9.03%5.78%

Kohl's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KSS
Kohl's
3.8277 of 5 stars
$7.71
-5.0%
$9.61
+24.7%
-68.3%$858.87M$16.22B3.4899,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
M
Macy's
4.5034 of 5 stars
$12.05
-1.5%
$14.00
+16.2%
-40.8%$3.36B$23.01B20.4288,900Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
DDS
Dillard's
2.6641 of 5 stars
$409.55
-2.5%
$310.00
-24.3%
-3.6%$6.51B$6.56B10.5430,500News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
JWN
Nordstrom
2.8679 of 5 stars
$24.62
+0.2%
$22.80
-7.4%
+15.7%$4.12B$15.02B15.6872,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.336 of 5 stars
$271.61
+1.0%
$317.27
+16.8%
+39.9%$17.11B$10.63B37.2162,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.2347 of 5 stars
$78.73
-0.5%
$115.50
+46.7%
-46.0%$3.75B$4.95B7.7931,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ZGN
Ermenegildo Zegna
2.1051 of 5 stars
$8.56
-1.0%
$8.70
+1.6%
-33.0%$3.49B$1.95B16.156,050Positive News
Dividend Increase
HGTY
Hagerty
1.6009 of 5 stars
$9.85
+1.8%
$10.50
+6.6%
+2.6%$3.36B$1.25B89.551,670
PSMT
PriceSmart
1.5791 of 5 stars
$105.94
+1.2%
N/A+23.2%$3.26B$5.08B23.3310,600
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.9078 of 5 stars
$18.06
-0.8%
$20.78
+15.0%
+63.0%$2.97B$2.37B451.509,900Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
GMS
GMS
2.7254 of 5 stars
$75.76
-1.8%
$80.50
+6.3%
-21.2%$2.91B$5.59B13.935,480

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This page (NYSE:KSS) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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