M vs. DDS, JWN, KSS, BURL, ULTA, EXPE, DRI, DKS, DPZ, and CASY
Should you be buying Macy's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macy's include Dillard's (DDS), Nordstrom (JWN), Kohl's (KSS), Burlington Stores (BURL), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Expedia Group (EXPE), Darden Restaurants (DRI), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), and Casey's General Stores (CASY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Macy's (NYSE:M) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Macy's received 502 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 59.16% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote.
Dillard's currently has a consensus price target of $332.50, indicating a potential downside of 18.51%. Macy's has a consensus price target of $18.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.27%. Given Dillard's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Macy's is more favorable than Dillard's.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Dillard's' net margin of 0.05%. Macy's' return on equity of 38.66% beat Dillard's' return on equity.
Dillard's has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macy's has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Dillard's pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Macy's pays out 2,300.0% 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Macy's had 2 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Macy's and 3 mentions for Dillard's. Macy's' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Dillard's' score of 0.96 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macy's shares are held by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Macy's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dillard's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macy's. Dillard's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Macy's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dillard's beats Macy's on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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