DILLARD’S, INC. vs PriceSmart, Inc., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Dillard's sells apparel and home through Southern department stores; PriceSmart runs membership warehouses across Latin America. The margins tell the model: Dillard's keeps 9.95% of sales while PriceSmart, on the thin club markup, keeps 2.82%. Dillard's also earns far more on equity, 32.43% to 11.7%. Price flips the other way, though, PriceSmart at a lofty 38.68 times earnings and Dillard's at a plain 13.7, with book multiples close, 4.44 and 4.45. Dillard's pays a heavy 5.4% dividend backed by an 8.38% free cash yield; PriceSmart pays 0.64% on a 1.43% free cash yield. The cheap high-return store versus the pricier emerging-market club.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | DDS | PSMT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $524.25 | $196.71 |
| Market cap | $8.2B | $6.0B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +4.0% | +18.6% |
| P/E | 12.5 | 37.8 |
| P/B | 4.04 | 4.28 |
| P/S | 1.24 | 1.05 |
| EV/EBITDA | 39.5 | 17.0 |
| Revenue growth | +0.9% | +10.2% |
| Gross margin | 43.9% | — |
| Operating margin | — | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 32.4% | 11.5% |
| Return on assets | 15.9% | 6.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 12.4% |
| FCF yield | 9.2% | 1.2% |
| Dividend yield | 5.9% | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 2.37 | 1.28 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 10.00 | 6.23 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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