DILLARD’S, INC. vs DOLLAR TREE, INC., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DDS and DLTR diverge most: on fcf yield, DDS reads 8.5% and DLTR reads -4.8%; on debt / equity, DDS reads 0.00 and DLTR reads 0.84. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DDS price has a different growth bar priced in than DLTR (+7.4% implied for DDS vs +2.5% for DLTR); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DDS's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What DLTR's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DDS | DLTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $569.18 | $120.46 |
| Market cap | $8.9B | $23.8B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.4% | +2.5% |
| P/E | 13.5 | 18.9 |
| P/B | 4.39 | 6.78 |
| P/S | 1.35 | 1.20 |
| EV/EBITDA | 43.4 | 11.5 |
| Revenue growth | +0.9% | +9.5% |
| Gross margin | 43.9% | — |
| Operating margin | — | 9.5% |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 6.5% |
| Return on equity | 32.4% | 36.7% |
| Return on assets | 15.9% | 9.3% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 20.3% |
| FCF yield | 8.5% | -4.8% |
| Dividend yield | 5.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.84 |
| Current ratio | 2.37 | 1.16 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 10.00 | 3.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 3 / 9 |
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