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Dillard's (Dillard's) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Dillard's Financial Strength?

Dillard's has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Dillard's Inc shows strong financial strength.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Dillard's's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 6.99. Dillard's's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.07. As of today, Dillard's's Altman Z-Score is 8.34.


Competitive Comparison of Dillard's's Financial Strength

For the Department Stores subindustry, Dillard's's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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's Financial Strength Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Dillard's's Financial Strength falls into.



Dillard's Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Dillard's's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-41 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was $284 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $553 Mil.

Dillard's's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*284.118/-40.64
=6.99

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

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

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jan. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(11.252 + 553.189) / 8635.444
=0.07

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Dillard's has a Z-score of 8.34, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 8.34 is strong.

* 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.


Dillard's  (NYSE:DDS) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Dillard's has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Dillard's (Dillard's) Business Description

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

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