KSS vs. DDS, M, JWN, BURL, TPX, MTCH, FBIN, SFM, ANF, and GPS
Should you be buying Kohl's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kohl's include Dillard's (DDS), Macy's (M), Nordstrom (JWN), Burlington Stores (BURL), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Match Group (MTCH), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), and GAP (GPS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Kohl's shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Kohl's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dillard's currently has a consensus price target of $332.50, suggesting a potential downside of 18.51%. Kohl's has a consensus price target of $22.44, suggesting a potential upside of 9.43%. Given Dillard's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kohl's is more favorable than Dillard's.
Kohl's received 392 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 57.90% of users gave Kohl's an outperform vote.
Dillard's has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kohl's has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Dillard's' net margin of 1.60%. Kohl'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%. Kohl's pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Dillard's pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kohl's pays out 80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dillard's has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Kohl's had 5 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Kohl's and 3 mentions for Dillard's. Kohl's' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Dillard's' score of 0.72 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dillard's has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Dillard's beats Kohl's on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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