Dillard's rose 1.48% Friday to $360.88 per share. As reported by Wall Street Journal: "Family-controlled Dillard's has combined share buybacks with keeping costs down, inventory tight and staff engaged with "nearly fanatical" customers." You can read more about it here. For those of you thinking about investing in the stock, here is a brief look at the company's fundamentals.
Dillard's, Inc. operates large retail stores in the Southeast, Southwest, and Midwest areas of the United States. The company belongs to the Consumer Cyclical sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.33 and an average price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.12. In contrast, Dillard's has a trailing 12 month P/E ratio of 7.09 and a P/B ratio of 3.35.
Dillard's has moved 48.82% over the last year compared to -3.70% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 52.52%. Dillard's has a 52 week high of $417.86 and a 52 week low of $183.89. At today's price of $360.88 per share, Dillard's is 34.91% away from its target price of $267.5, and on average, analysts give the stock a rating of hold. 45,3% of the company's shares are linked to short positions, and 52% of the shares are owned by institutional investors.
