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How to Buy Dillard's Stock

Dillard's Inc

Dillard's is a department store company located in Arkansas, United States, which is part of the Consumer Cyclical sector, and is traded under the ticker DDS on the NYSE exchange.

Dillard's stock last closed at $471.64, up 2.97% from the previous day, and has increased 57.54% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Department Stores industry by 0.06 percentage points. Dillard's stock is currently +73.03% from its 52-week low of $272.58, and -0.4% from its 52-week high of $473.52.

As of Mar 28, 2024, there are 16.22M shares of DDS outstanding. The market cap of DDS is $7.65B. In the past 24 hours, 91,894 DDS shares were traded.

How to Buy Dillard's Stock

Wondering how to invest in Dillard's stock? Here's how.
  1. Choose where to buy Dillard's stock: You need to choose a stock brokerage, but don't worry - we've researched dozens of online brokerages and apps to help you figure out where to buy Dillard's stock.
  2. Create your brokerage account: Sign up for 0% fee trading with the highest-rated brokerage we've selected.
  3. Fund your brokerage account: Choose your method of payment and add your info.
  4. Research Dillard's stock: The Dillard's ticker symbol is DDS. Is Dillard's stock a good investment? Should you buy shares of DDS? How do DDS's underlying business fundamentals look? Do top analysts think Dillard's is a good buy? Why has DDS's stock price moved recently? (Hint: Our stock market analysis website can help you decide if DDS is a good stock to buy).
  5. Make your DDS buy order: Decide if you will purchase DDS shares at the current market price or use a limit order to purchase DDS stock at a given price.
  6. Track your DDS investment: Create a watchlist to key updates about your new investment in Dillard's stock.

Step 1: Choose where to buy Dillard's stock

You need an online brokerage account to access the NYSE market and buy DDS stock.

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Step 4: Research Dillard's stock

After you have identified the best place to buy Dillard's stock, it's important to evaluate their stock before you invest, so you truly comprehend the risk as well as the upside.

Dillard's shares data

DDS Price
$471.64
1w %
3.39%
1y %
57.54%
5y %
555.15%
P/E
10.24x
P/B
4.22x
P/S
1.11x
PEG
0.35x
Revenue
$6.88B
Earnings
$777.53M
Fore. Rev. Growth
-0.31%
Fore. Earn. Growth
N/A
Market Cap
$7.65B
Next Earnings
May 9, 2024
Next Dividend
May 6, 2024

Fundamentals of DDS

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You can view all of the due diligence checks on DDS's stock page.

Is DDS stock undervalued?

Analysts use many financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge DDS's true value.

Using relative valuations measures:

  • DDS could be undervalued based on its P/E ratio of 10.24x, relative to Department Stores industry P/E ratio of 24.16x
  • DDS could be overvalued based on its P/B ratio of 4.22x, relative to Department Stores industry P/B ratio of 1.52x
  • DDS may be undervalued based on its PEG ratio of 0.35x

You can do more valuation research on DDS's stock here.

DDS Financial Summary

Pros:

  • DDS's operating cash flow of $837.08M allows it to safely service it's debt of $556.14M.
  • There are more short-term assets than long-term liabilities on the DDS balance sheet.
  • There are more short-term assets than short-term liabilities on the DDS balance sheet.
  • DDS earnings of $968.11M is not sufficient to cover its interest payments.
  • Total DDS debt is lower than 5 years ago, relative to shareholder equity.

Cons:

  • DDS profit margin has gone down from 13.2% to 11.3% in the past year.
  • DDS has a relatively high debt to equity ratio of 1.15.

Is it a good time to buy DDS stock, according to analysts?

Out of 2 sell side analysts who track DDS, the consensus analyst rating on DDS is a Sell

Please keep in mind that analyst ratings are not stock recommendations, nor are they investment advice.

You can dig deeper into what analysts are projecting on the Dillard's stock forecast page.

Metrics for Advanced DDS Traders

SMA10
444.48
SMA20
429.32
SMA50
414.75
SMA100
389.1
SMA200
357.37
MACD
12.49
MACD Signal
9.34
MACD Histogram
3.15
RSI
68.72
Stochastic %K
89.34
Stochastic %D
82.31
StochRSI %K
83.8
StochRSI %D
75.17

DDS Performance Numbers

Last year, DDS earnings were $777.53M. During the past 5 year, DDS's earnings have gone up by 40.45% per year. This was faster than the Department Stores industry average of -0.12%.

Last year, DDS revenue was $6.88B. Over the past five year, DDS's revenue has increased by 0.96% per year. This was faster than the Department Stores industry average of -0.81%.

You can research DDS's earnings and revenue performance here.

Who is buying/selling DDS?

Over the past 12 months, insiders at DDS have bought more shares than they have sold.

J. C. Watts Jr., Director of DDS, was the latest DDS insider to sell. They sold $205,605.00 worth of DDS stock on Mar 5, 2024.

Learn more about who owns DDS shares here.

Can I rely on DDS as an income stream?

Dillard's pays a dividend of 4.48%, compared to the Department Stores industry's average dividend yield of 4.61%. If you owned $1,000 of DDS stock, you would have received $44.84 in the past 12 months.

Dillard's dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade but have not remained stable.

Find more analysis about Dillard's dividend yield and history here.

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Step 5: Make your DDS buy order

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  • Limit order: A limit order lets you buy or sell a security at a specific price (or better).
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Step 6: Track your DDS investment

Now that you own some DDS shares, you'll want to stay up-to-date on your company.

Start a watchlist to track your DDS stock.

DDS Feed

How to Buy Stock in Dillard's

To summarize, here are the 6 steps to buy Dillard's stock:

  1. Choose where to buy Dillard's stock
  2. Create your brokerage account
  3. Fund your brokerage account
  4. Research Dillard's stock
  5. Make your DDS buy order
  6. Track your DDS investment

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NYSE: DDS
$471.64+13.59 (+2.97%)
Updated Mar 28, 2024
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NYSE: DDS
$471.64+13.59 (+2.97%)
Updated Mar 28, 2024
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FAQ

How much does it cost to buy one Dillard's share?

As of Mar 28, 2024, it costs $471.64 to buy one share of Dillard's stock.

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Is now a good time to buy Dillard's stock?

According to 2 Wall Street analysts who monitor Dillard's, their consensus recommendation is to sell Dillard's stock.

What is the best way to buy Dillard's stock?

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