Macy's (M) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Macy’s, Inc. is an American omnichannel retailer that sells a broad range of merchandise through department stores, specialty stores and digital platforms. Its product offerings include apparel, accessories, beauty products, home furnishings, jewelry, furniture and other consumer goods.

The company operates through several well-known retail banners, including Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury. Macy’s serves customers primarily in the United States through its stores and e-commerce websites, while Bloomingdale’s offers fashion, accessories, beauty and home merchandise through department stores, outlets and digital channels. Bluemercury focuses on prestige beauty products and operates specialty stores and in-store locations.

The company traces its origins to a retail store founded by Rowland Hussey Macy in New York City in 1858. Today, Macy’s combines physical retail locations with online shopping, fulfillment and digital services, while also offering private-label and national-brand merchandise. Tony Spring has served as Macy’s chief executive officer since February 2024.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $22.25 to $22.72
• 50-Day Range: $20.50 to $26.25
• 52-Week Range: $16.41 to $26.58
• Volume: 4.77 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.53 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.91 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.29
• Dividend Yield: 3.40%
• Price Target: $22.78
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Macy's Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Macy's scored higher than 49% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 321st out of 483 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Macy's has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Macy's is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Macy's has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.13%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Macy's are expected to grow by 5.13% in the coming year, from $2.34 to $2.46 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Macy's is 8.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Macy's is 8.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.22.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Macy's has a P/B Ratio of 1.20. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

13.79% of the float of Macy's has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Macy's has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.45.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Macy's has recently increased by 10.17%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Macy's pays a meaningful dividend of 3.43%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Macy's has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Macy's is 28.21%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Macy's will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.30% next year. This indicates that Macy's will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.52

News Sentiment

Macy's has a news sentiment score of 0.52. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Macy's this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

74 people have searched for M on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 14% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Macy's to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Macy's insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.05% of the stock of Macy's is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

87.36% of the stock of Macy's is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/1 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/1 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/10/2026
• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Today: 9/26/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Broadline Retail
• Sub-Industry: Broadline Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:M
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:FD
• CIK: 794367
• Web: www.macysinc.com
• Phone: (513) 579-7585
• Fax: 212-494-1838
• Employees: 90,134
• Year Founded: 1858

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Macy's: $22.78
• High Price Target: $30.00
• Low Price Target: $10.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +0.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.73
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.29
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.68
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $642 million
• Net Margins: 3.29%
• Pretax Margin: 4.33%
• Return on Equity: 13.21%
• Return on Assets: 3.83%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.49
• Current Ratio: 1.59
• Quick Ratio: 0.48

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $22.62 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.26
• Cash Flow: $5.90 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.84
• Book Value: $18.87 per share
• Price / Book: 1.20

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 261,180,000
• Free Float: 258,435,000
• Market Cap: $5.91 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.41