Contrasting Dillard’s (NYSE:DDS) and Meituan (OTCMKTS:MPNGF)

Dillard’s (NYSE:DDS) and Meituan (OTCMKTS:MPNGF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Dillard’s and Meituan’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dillard’s	10.09%	31.43%	15.63%
Meituan	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Dillard’s and Meituan”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dillard’s	$6.60 billion	1.46	$570.19 million	$42.06	14.68
Meituan	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dillard’s has higher revenue and earnings than Meituan.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Dillard’s and Meituan, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dillard’s	2	3	0	0	1.60
Meituan	1	1	1	0	2.00

Dillard’s currently has a consensus target price of $521.33, indicating a potential downside of 15.55%. Meituan has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.25%. Given Meituan’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Meituan is more favorable than Dillard’s.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.2% of Dillard’s shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.8% of Dillard’s shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Dillard’s beats Meituan on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dillard’s

Dillard’s, Inc. engages in the retail of fashion apparel, cosmetics, and home furnishings, and other consumer goods. It operates through the Retail Operations and Construction segments. The Retail Operations segment comprises sells cosmetics, ladies’ apparel, ladies’ accessories and lingerie, juniors’ and children’s apparel, men’s apparel and accessories, shoes, and home and furniture products. The Construction segment constructs and remodels stores through CDI Contractors, LLC. The company was founded by William Thomas Dillard in 1938 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

About Meituan

Meituan operates as a technology retail company in the People's Republic of China. It operates through Core Local Commerce and New Initiatives segments. The company offers food delivery services; and helps consumers purchase local consumer services provided by merchants in numerous in-store categories or make reservations for hotels, and attraction and transportation ticketing. It also sells goods from B2B food distribution services and Meituan grocery; and engages in various businesses, such as Meituan Select, Meituan Instashopping, ride sharing, bike-sharing and electric mopeds, power banks, and micro-credit services. In addition, it provides cloud computing services; merchant information technology and advisory services; online marketing services; and operates e-commerce service platform. The company was formerly known as Meituan Dianping and changed its name to Meituan in October 2020. Meituan was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.