Head to Head Survey: Dillard’s (DDS) versus The Competition

Dillard’s (NYSE:DDS) is one of 142 public companies in the “Broadline Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Dillard’s to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Dillard’s and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dillard’s	10.09%	31.43%	15.63%
Dillard’s Competitors	-3.16%	-18.42%	-1.34%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Dillard’s and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dillard’s	2	3	0	0	1.60
Dillard’s Competitors	1349	5297	10675	294	2.56

Dillard’s presently has a consensus price target of $521.33, indicating a potential downside of 13.71%. As a group, “Broadline Retail” companies have a potential upside of 17.12%. Given Dillard’s’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dillard’s has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

Dillard’s has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard’s’ rivals have a beta of -1.27, suggesting that their average share price is 227% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Dillard’s pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Dillard’s pays out 2.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Broadline Retail” companies pay a dividend yield of 28.8% and pay out 11.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Dillard’s has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

67.2% of Dillard’s shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 34.8% of Dillard’s shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Dillard’s and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dillard’s	$6.47 billion	$570.19 million	14.37
Dillard’s Competitors	$23.58 billion	$1.73 billion	-224.23

Dillard’s’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Dillard’s. Dillard’s is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Dillard’s beats its rivals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Dillard’s Company Profile

Dillard’s, Inc. engages in the retail of fashion apparel, cosmetics, and home furnishings, and other consumer goods. It operates through the Retail Operations and Construction segments. The Retail Operations segment comprises sells cosmetics, ladies’ apparel, ladies’ accessories and lingerie, juniors’ and children’s apparel, men’s apparel and accessories, shoes, and home and furniture products. The Construction segment constructs and remodels stores through CDI Contractors, LLC. The company was founded by William Thomas Dillard in 1938 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.