Kohl's (KSS) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer KSS or DDS?

In the previous week, Kohl's had 29 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Kohl's and 14 mentions for Dillard's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Kohl's' score of 0.11 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kohl's	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dillard's	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KSS or DDS?

Kohl's received 386 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.89% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Kohl's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kohl's	Outperform Votes 819 56.60%	Underperform Votes 628 43.40%
Dillard's	Outperform Votes 433 59.89%	Underperform Votes 290 40.11%

Which has better valuation and earnings, KSS or DDS?

Dillard's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kohl's. Kohl's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dillard's, 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
Kohl's	$16.22B	0.05	$317M	$0.98	7.67
Dillard's	$6.59B	0.88	$738.85M	$36.89	9.84

Which has more volatility & risk, KSS or DDS?

Kohl's has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KSS or DDS?

98.0% of Kohl's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Dillard's shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kohl's 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is KSS or DDS more profitable?

Dillard's has a net margin of 9.55% compared to Kohl's' net margin of 1.47%. Dillard's' return on equity of 32.13% beat Kohl's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kohl's	1.47%	6.44%	1.72%
Dillard's	9.55%	32.13%	15.84%

Do analysts prefer KSS or DDS?

Kohl's currently has a consensus price target of $9.54, indicating a potential upside of 26.80%. Dillard's has a consensus price target of $326.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.19%. Given Kohl's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kohl's is more favorable than Dillard's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kohl's	7 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.53
Dillard's	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Is KSS or DDS a better dividend stock?

Kohl's pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Kohl's pays out 51.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dillard's pays out 2.7% 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.

Summary

Dillard's beats Kohl's on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.