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M vs. DDS, JWN, KSS, BURL, GPC, DG, DLTR, TPR, SN, and CHWY

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), Genuine Parts (GPC), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Tapestry (TPR), SharkNinja (SN), and Chewy (CHWY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Macy's vs.

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

Dillard's has a net margin of 9.55% compared to Macy's' net margin of 0.73%. Dillard's' return on equity of 32.13% beat Macy's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Macy's0.73% 21.99% 5.60%
Dillard's 9.55%32.13%15.84%

Macy's received 504 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.97% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Macy'sOutperform Votes
931
58.30%
Underperform Votes
666
41.70%
Dillard'sOutperform Votes
427
59.97%
Underperform Votes
285
40.03%

In the previous week, Macy's had 16 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Macy's and 6 mentions for Dillard's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Macy's' score of -0.13 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Macy's
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Dillard's
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

87.4% of Macy's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Macy's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Macy's pays out 116.9% 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 pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dillard's has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Dillard's has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Macy's$23.09B0.17$105M$0.5923.55
Dillard's$6.75B1.06$738.85M$38.8511.59

Macy's presently has a consensus target price of $17.78, suggesting a potential upside of 27.94%. Dillard's has a consensus target price of $324.00, suggesting a potential downside of 28.05%. Given Macy's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Macy's is more favorable than Dillard's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Macy's
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
Dillard's
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Macy's has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dillard's beats Macy's on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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M vs. The Competition

MetricMacy'sDepartment stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.86B$7.52B$24.24B$19.87B
Dividend Yield4.39%2.35%165.95%3.71%
P/E Ratio23.5573.58111.1841.37
Price / Sales0.1711.094.4716.16
Price / Cash2.318.2220.3319.82
Price / Book0.925.306.665.73
Net Income$105M$386.34M$673.85M$993.96M
7 Day Performance-13.32%-1.98%-0.06%1.37%
1 Month Performance-16.90%-5.03%-2.95%0.72%
1 Year Performance-23.53%-1.17%13.29%17.94%

Macy's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
M
Macy's
4.7819 of 5 stars
$13.90
+0.8%
$17.78
+27.9%
-25.5%$3.86B$23.09B23.5585,581Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
DDS
Dillard's
3.7179 of 5 stars
$440.03
-1.4%
$324.00
-26.4%
+17.2%$7.00B$6.75B11.3329,600Analyst Downgrade
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JWN
Nordstrom
4.0037 of 5 stars
$24.14
+0.5%
$22.08
-8.5%
+32.9%$3.98B$15.11B15.3854,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
KSS
Kohl's
4.5623 of 5 stars
$13.04
-4.7%
$17.22
+32.1%
-51.0%$1.45B$16.78B5.8799,000Short Interest ↓
BURL
Burlington Stores
3.9126 of 5 stars
$281.42
-2.0%
$313.00
+11.2%
+48.5%$17.86B$10.48B38.5571,049Short Interest ↑
GPC
Genuine Parts
4.7197 of 5 stars
$116.81
+0.8%
$139.57
+19.5%
-15.3%$16.24B$23.30B15.0360,000Analyst Forecast
DG
Dollar General
4.8419 of 5 stars
$71.06
-0.4%
$98.18
+38.2%
-49.1%$15.63B$38.69B11.71185,800Short Interest ↑
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DLTR
Dollar Tree
3.6443 of 5 stars
$71.77
-1.6%
$85.58
+19.2%
-48.2%$15.43B$30.60B-15.05211,826Short Interest ↑
TPR
Tapestry
4.0248 of 5 stars
$66.14
-1.5%
$64.76
-2.1%
+86.1%$15.41B$6.67B19.1218,100
SN
SharkNinja
2.5977 of 5 stars
$105.93
-2.0%
$116.50
+10.0%
+117.5%$14.82B$5.12B41.543,019Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
CHWY
Chewy
3.4663 of 5 stars
$36.39
+0.2%
$36.80
+1.1%
+95.3%$14.82B$11.44B39.9918,100Analyst Upgrade
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