Dillard's (Dillard's) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.33 (As of Jan. 2024)

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Dillard's's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $11 Mil. Dillard's's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $553 Mil. Dillard's's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $1,697 Mil. Dillard's's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.33.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dillard's's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

DDS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.33 Med: 0.41 Max: 0.48
Current: 0.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Dillard's was 0.48. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.41.

DDS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
67.16% of 1005 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs DDS: 0.33

Dillard's Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dillard's's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Dillard's Annual Data

Trend

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

Jan20

Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

Jan24

Debt-to-Equity

0.38

0.43

0.42

0.35

0.33

Dillard's Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Debt-to-Equity																0.35	0.33	0.32	0.31	0.33

Competitive Comparison

For the Department Stores subindustry, Dillard's's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Dillard's Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dillard's's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dillard's's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Dillard's Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Dillard's's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(11.252	+	553.189)	/	1697.068
	=	0.33

Dillard's's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(11.252	+	553.189)	/	1697.068
	=	0.33

Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Dillard's (Dillard's) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

1600 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, AR, USA, 72201

Website

https://www.dillards.com

Dillard's Inc is an American fashion apparel, cosmetics, and home furnishings retailer. Its stores offer a large variety of merchandise and feature products from both national and exclusive brand sources. The company also operates a general contracting construction company, CDI Contractors. CDI Contractors' business includes constructing and remodelling stores for Dillards. The merchandise selections include exclusive brand merchandise such as Antonio Melani, Gianni Bini, Daniel Cremieux, Roundtree & Yorke, and private-label merchandise, among others. The company operates in two business segments; Retail Operations and Construction. The Retail Operations segment generates maximum revenue for the company.

Executives

Watts J C Jr	director
Tom W Bolin	officer: Vice President	1600 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Chris B. Johnson	officer: Principal Vice President	1600 CANTRELL RD., LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Tony J Bolte	officer: Vice President	1600 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Mike Litchford	officer: Vice President	1600 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Connor William E Ii	director	1600 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Reynie Rutledge	director	1600 CANTRLL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Warren A Stephens	director	111 CENTER STREET, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Dean L. Worley	officer: VP/General Counsel & Secretary	1600 CANTRELL RD., LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Jame I Freeman	director, officer: Senior Vice President and CFO	1600 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Rob C Holmes	director	2000 MCKINNEY AVE, STE 700, DALLAS TX 75201
Dillard William T. Iii	officer: Vice President	1600 CANTRELL RD., LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Drue Corbusier	director, officer: Executive Vice President	1600 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Hastings H. Lee Iii	director	1600 CANTRELL ROAD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Robert C Connor	director