Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Department Stores
Dillard's, Inc. DDS
$654.11 +1.20% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $10.21B
High quality
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 8 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +34.0%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 30 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- The shares trade at 15.0× trailing earnings, higher than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth28Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 34%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 30%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 40%
Quality80Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 10%
- Gross marginTop 42%
- Operating marginTop 32%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 16%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 12%
- Interest coverTop 4%
Value56Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 46%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 33%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 44%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 22%
Momentum77Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 45%
- 6-month returnTop 31%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 38%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Revisions32Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 26%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 2%
Stability72Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 28%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 12%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.6% | 0.2% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 16.2% | 20.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 39.4% | 39.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 11.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 11.7% | 9.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.2% | 0.6% | ↓ | Bottom 33% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 20.4% | 16.2% | ↑ | Top 34% |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 39.4% | ↓ | Top 42% |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 10.9% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 8.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.6% | 11.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 20.0% | — | Top 10% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.1% | — | Bottom 30% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.06×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +8.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.31×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 269.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.76%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.76%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 8
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +34.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $468.00
- Target vs current price
- -28.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 15%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | +45.7% | -3.5% | -3.2% | -1.8% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | +54.7% | +0.4% | +1.2% | +15.3% | +19.0% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | +1.0% | -7.8% | -6.0% | -12.0% | -17.8% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | +34.5% | +9.6% | -0.1% | +20.2% | +4.7% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | +23.0% | +0.2% | -0.1% | +17.7% | +20.7% |
| May 15, 2025 | +13.7% | +6.1% | +4.5% | +4.0% | +20.8% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +37.7% | -5.1% | -23.6% | -22.1% | -12.6% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | +18.9% | +11.5% | +7.9% | +16.7% | +27.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $6.25 | $4.29 | +45.7% | $1.53B |
| May 14, 2026 | $16.04 | $10.37 | +54.7% | $1.57B |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $10.08 | $9.98 | +1.0% | $1.98B |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $8.31 | $6.18 | +34.5% | $1.49B |
| Aug 14, 2025 | $4.66 | $3.79 | +23.0% | $1.54B |
| May 15, 2025 | $10.39 | $9.14 | +13.7% | $1.55B |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $13.48 | $9.79 | +37.7% | $2.05B |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $7.73 | $6.50 | +18.9% | $1.45B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 15.0× | 9.7× | 81th | Top 27% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.2× | — | — | Top 33% |
| EV / Sales | 1.50× | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.18% | — | — | Top 46% |
| Earnings yield | 6.67% | — | — | Top 27% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.9× – 18.9× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +4.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +20.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -5.5%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 34
- Days above the 200-day average
- 30
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +8.3%
- RSI (14)
- 53.6
- Relative volume
- 0.98×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 38.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 23th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.10
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -42.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2021 | Jul 14, 2022 | -51.8% | 159 days | 142 days (Feb 6, 2023) |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -42.1% | 34 days | 75 days (Jul 28, 2025) |
| Feb 7, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | -33.7% | 78 days | 176 days (Feb 12, 2024) |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Jul 9, 2026 | -30.1% | 143 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Sep 12, 2024 | -30.1% | 114 days | 88 days (Jan 21, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $10.21B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $43.66
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.60B
- Dividend yield
- 4.77%
- 52-week range
- $503.06 – $741.98
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.62B | $7.00B | $6.87B | $6.59B | $6.56B |
| Gross profit | $2.88B | $3.01B | $2.84B | $2.67B | $2.47B |
| Operating income | $1.12B | $1.13B | $924.8M | $740.2M | $688.7M |
| Net income | $862.5M | $891.6M | $738.8M | $593.5M | $570.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $41.88 | $50.81 | $44.73 | $36.82 | $36.44 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.45B | $2.05B | $1.55B | $1.54B | $1.49B | $1.99B | $1.59B | $1.53B |
| Net income | $124.6M | $214.4M | $163.8M | $72.9M | $129.8M | $204.1M | $250.6M | $97.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.74 | $13.48 | $10.39 | $4.66 | $8.31 | $13.06 | $16.04 | $6.25 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.28B | $948.4M | $883.6M | $714.1M | $717.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$104.4M | -$120.1M | -$132.9M | -$104.6M | -$93.4M |
| Free cash flow | $1.18B | $828.3M | $750.6M | $609.6M | $623.6M |
| Dividends paid | -$305.2M | -$271.3M | -$338.6M | -$413.8M | -$484.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$544.9M | -$452.9M | -$281.4M | -$121.0M | -$107.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.26B
- Total assets
- $3.75B
- Total liabilities
- $1.63B
- Total debt
- $456.8M
- Net debt
- -$306.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.12B
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.30 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.30 | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.30 | May 4, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.30 | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $30.00 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.30 | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.25 | Aug 4, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.25 | May 5, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 935,324
- Days to cover
- 5.36
- Change vs previous report
- -2.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 8, 1992
- 3-for-1
- Dec 17, 1985
- 2-for-1
- Sep 17, 1984
- 2-for-1
- Mar 24, 1983
- 2-for-1