← BackDILLARD'S, INC. · Department StoresDDS
Low riskNext report: Around Nov 12 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Raised its dividend (4.6% yield)
- Profitable
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 3.5% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (171 bought, 139 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$672.43-3.4% that day
- Company value
- $10.5B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 15.4x
- You pay about $15 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 1.6x
- Company value is 1.6 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 4.6%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 7%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 2%
- Debt as a share of company value
From DDS's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Aug '26$1.5B-0.4% vs a year earlier
Oct '23Tap a barAug '26
Last 12 months: $6.6B, up 0.2% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 8.2% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.31.9%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.13x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.8.7%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.9 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$623.6M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-10.8% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.39.0%
- Revenue
- $6.6B
- -0.4% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +8.2%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $225.7M
- 0.13x equity
- Current ratio
- 2.65x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Aug 1, 2026- Revenue
- $1.5B
- -0.4% YoY
- EPS
- $6.25
- vs $4.66
- Gross margin
- 39.1%
- +3.0 pts
- Free cash flow
- -$59.5M
- Share count
- 0.0%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
18/ 100
- This week
- 1
- Normal week
- 5.0
- vs normal
- 0.2x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+3.5%Institutions added 3.5% to their holdings. 171 bought, 139 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions8.4M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-1.8%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.1x · $145.7M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
16MWhy low risk- 1 offering filing in 6 months (may sell new shares)
Next reportAround Nov 12 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 13
- Results filedMay 14
- Results filedFeb 24
- Results filedNov 13, 2025
- Results filedAug 14, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Stock awardTom W BolinVICE PRESIDENT
9 shares at $684.71 · $6K
- +1% of holdings
- Now owns 1,462 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardDrue MathenyEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, Director
10 shares at $684.71 · $7K
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 404,188 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardMike DillardEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, Director, 10% owner
10 shares at $684.71 · $7K
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 546,942 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardWilliam T. Iii DillardSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, Director
13 shares at $684.71 · $9K
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 29,780 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardAnnemarie JazicVICE PRESIDENT
6 shares at $684.71 · $4K
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 38,169 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardChris B. JohnsonSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
10 shares at $684.71 · $7K
- +0% of holdings
- Now owns 9,537 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade