DILLARD’S, INC. vs Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DDS and OLLI diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), DDS reads +8.9% and OLLI reads +0.5%; on revenue growth, DDS reads +0.9% and OLLI reads +16.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DDS price has a different growth bar priced in than OLLI (+8.9% implied for DDS vs +0.5% for OLLI); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What OLLI'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 | OLLI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $588.34 | $73.46 |
| Market cap | $9.2B | $4.5B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.9% | +0.5% |
| P/E | 14.0 | 18.2 |
| P/B | 4.54 | 2.38 |
| P/S | 1.39 | 1.65 |
| EV/EBITDA | 45.1 | 11.7 |
| Revenue growth | +0.9% | +16.8% |
| Gross margin | 43.9% | 41.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 10.6% |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 9.1% |
| Return on equity | 32.4% | 13.2% |
| Return on assets | 15.9% | 8.3% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 12.4% |
| FCF yield | 8.2% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | 5.3% | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.37 | 2.32 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 10.00 | 4.43 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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