Dillard’s Inc (NYSE: DDS) is -7.69% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $282.24 and a high of $510.00 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The DDS stock was last observed hovering at around $411.03 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -12.47%.
Currently trading at $398.56, the stock is -1.40% and 7.24% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.2 million and changing -3.03% at the moment leaves the stock 1.80% off its SMA200. DDS registered 1.61% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -5.97%.
The stock witnessed a -1.87% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 7.36%, and is -1.11% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.74% over the week and 2.21% over the month.
Dillard’s Inc (DDS) has around 28800 employees, a market worth around $6.23B and $6.56B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.01 and Fwd P/E is 17.68. Profit margin for the company is 8.79%. Distance from 52-week low is 41.21% and -21.85% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (24.04%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -20.63% this year
The shares outstanding are 11.65M, and float is at 7.72M with Short Float at 12.08%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is NEWPORT TRUST CO with over 4.84 million shares valued at $2.13 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 29.841 of the DDS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 0.43 million shares valued at $189.26 million to account for 2.6474 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 0.34 million shares representing 2.1062 and valued at over $150.56 million, while ALYESKA INVESTMENT GROUP, L.P. holds 1.2252 of the shares totaling 0.2 million with a market value of $87.59 million.
Dillard’s Inc (DDS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by WATTS J C JR, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that WATTS J C JR sold 800 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 03 ’25 at a price of $395.00 per share for a total of $0.32 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 10600.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 13 ’25, Annemarie Jazic (Officer) Proposed Sale 11,559 shares at an average price of $25.95 for $0.3 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Dillard’s Inc (DDS).
