Dillard's, Inc. (DDS) Key Metrics
DDS valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $10.36B
- Enterprise value
- $9.28B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.2 10-yr median 10.7
- Forward P/E
- 35.2
- PEG ratio
- 2.24
- Price / sales
- 1.6 10-yr median 0.6
- Price / book
- 4.8 10-yr median 2.5
- EV / EBITDA
- 9.5 10-yr median 5.0
- Dividend yield
- 0.14% $1.20 a year
- Beta
- 1.16
DDS key metrics, FY2017–FY2026
Fiscal year ended January 31, 2026 · U.S. dollarsDDS valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
DDS returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
DDS per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
DDS financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
DDS efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
DDS valuation history
DDS returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
DDS debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
DDS cash returned to shareholders
DDS price vs earnings per share
DDS key metrics
FY2017–FY2026| FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $9.48B | $7.55B | $6.40B | $6.90B | $5.22B | $1.99B | $1.54B | $1.82B | $1.99B | $1.94B |
| Enterprise value | $8.96B | $7.06B | $6.00B | $6.66B | $5.12B | $2.25B | $1.88B | $2.27B | $2.54B | $2.41B |
| P/E ratio | 16.6 | 12.7 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 6.1 | — | 13.9 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 11.4 |
| Price / sales | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Price / book | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Price / free cash flow | 15.2 | 12.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 4.8 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 13.2 | 10.6 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 7.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 3.8 |
| EV / sales | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.2 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 20.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| EV / free cash flow | 14.4 | 11.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 11.7 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 17.6 | 5.9 |
| Earnings yield | 6.0% | 7.9% | 11.6% | 12.9% | 16.5% | −3.6% | 7.2% | 9.3% | 11.1% | 8.7% |
| Free cash flow yield | 6.6% | 8.1% | 11.7% | 12.0% | 22.5% | 9.7% | 17.0% | 12.6% | 7.2% | 21.0% |
| Dividend yield | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5.3% | 3.9% | 5.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 6.3% | 7.1% | 9.7% | 10.5% | 16.3% | 5.9% | 9.2% | 7.7% | 11.7% | 12.9% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $607.56 | $468.11 | $387.27 | $393.31 | $253.72 | $87.81 | $60.72 | $66.79 | $67.56 | $56.44 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $420.72 | $408.82 | $416.20 | $398.67 | $321.69 | $195.32 | $250.09 | $238.22 | $217.72 | $187.11 |
| Earnings per share | $36.58 | $36.82 | $44.73 | $50.81 | $41.88 | −$3.16 | $4.38 | $6.24 | $7.50 | $4.93 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $45.96 | $44.30 | $53.50 | $54.04 | $62.16 | $11.14 | $14.39 | $13.45 | $9.30 | $14.93 |
| Free cash flow per share | $39.97 | $37.81 | $45.45 | $47.19 | $57.09 | $8.48 | $10.32 | $8.43 | $4.88 | $11.88 |
| Cash per share | $68.78 | $64.74 | $57.90 | $45.54 | $34.81 | $15.88 | $10.92 | $4.52 | $6.34 | $10.12 |
| Book value per share | $114.04 | $111.42 | $102.75 | $91.10 | $70.47 | $63.49 | $64.00 | $61.48 | $57.90 | $50.07 |
| Tangible book value per share | $114.04 | $111.42 | $102.75 | $91.10 | $70.47 | $63.49 | $64.00 | $61.48 | $57.90 | $50.07 |
| Dividends per share | $31.08 | $25.67 | $20.50 | $15.46 | $14.82 | $0.62 | $0.45 | $0.41 | $0.32 | $0.29 |
| Capex per share | $5.99 | $6.49 | $8.05 | $6.84 | $5.07 | $2.66 | $4.08 | $5.02 | $4.42 | $3.06 |
| Debt per share | $35.74 | $34.45 | $34.17 | $31.64 | $29.56 | $27.04 | $24.25 | $20.82 | $24.76 | $23.92 |
| Shares outstanding | 15.6M | 16.1M | 16.5M | 17.5M | 20.6M | 22.7M | 25.4M | 27.3M | 29.5M | 34.3M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −3.2% | −2.4% | −5.9% | −14.8% | −9.3% | −10.5% | −7.1% | −7.5% | −14.0% | −12.1% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 31.9% | 34.0% | 44.8% | 58.5% | 59.6% | −4.7% | 6.7% | 10.1% | 12.9% | 9.6% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 44.0% | 46.1% | 56.0% | 67.1% | 58.3% | −3.6% | 6.8% | 10.0% | 12.5% | 9.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 16.2% | 17.0% | 21.8% | 27.1% | 27.2% | −2.2% | 3.2% | 4.8% | 5.8% | 4.4% |
| Return on tangible assets | 16.3% | 16.8% | 21.4% | 26.8% | 26.6% | −2.3% | 3.2% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 4.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.5% | 9.2% | 10.9% | 11.8% | 17.7% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 2.2% | 6.3% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.26 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.06 | 1.48 | — | 3.29 | 2.16 | 1.24 | 3.03 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $557.6M | $555.3M | $564.4M | $555.2M | $608.7M | $613.8M | $615.0M | $568.4M | $730.3M | $820.6M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.07B | $1.04B | $956.3M | $799.2M | $716.8M | $360.3M | $277.1M | $123.5M | $187.0M | $347.0M |
| Net debt | −$515.4M | −$488.2M | −$391.9M | −$244.0M | −$108.0M | $253.4M | $337.9M | $444.9M | $543.3M | $473.6M |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.48 |
| Debt / assets | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.59 | −0.51 | −0.34 | −0.18 | −0.08 | 2.25 | 0.83 | 0.91 | 1.07 | 0.83 |
| Current ratio | 2.65 | 2.84 | 2.67 | 2.41 | 1.98 | 2.15 | 1.99 | 1.90 | 1.66 | 1.88 |
| Quick ratio | 1.31 | 1.43 | 1.35 | 1.11 | 0.86 | 0.74 | 0.41 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.44 |
| Interest coverage | 16.8 | 18.6 | 22.8 | 26.0 | 24.9 | -1.7 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| Working capital | $1.48B | $1.53B | $1.38B | $1.21B | $948.5M | $889.1M | $917.3M | $837.0M | $690.1M | $861.4M |
| Invested capital | $1.26B | $1.31B | $1.31B | $1.35B | $1.34B | $1.69B | $1.96B | $2.12B | $2.25B | $2.19B |
| Tangible asset value | $1.78B | $1.80B | $1.70B | $1.60B | $1.45B | $1.44B | $1.62B | $1.68B | $1.71B | $1.72B |
| Net current asset value | $660.6M | $633.2M | $456.4M | $341.3M | $120.3M | $10.4M | $41.1M | $17.5M | −$235.2M | −$332.8M |
| Graham number | $306.35 | $303.81 | $321.58 | $322.71 | $257.71 | — | $79.41 | $92.89 | $98.86 | $74.55 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$1.45 | −$3.94 | −$12.30 | −$18.72 | −$24.65 | −$27.80 | −$30.07 | −$30.33 | −$34.81 | −$31.61 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $484.8M | $413.8M | $338.6M | $271.3M | $305.2M | $14.0M | $11.5M | $11.1M | $9.4M | $9.8M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $107.8M | $121.0M | $281.4M | $452.9M | $544.9M | $102.9M | $130.9M | $129.9M | $223.0M | $240.2M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 85.0% | 69.7% | 45.8% | 30.4% | 35.4% | — | 10.4% | 6.5% | 4.3% | 5.8% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 95.0% | 87.7% | 82.6% | 87.4% | 72.3% | 60.7% | 54.4% | 61.2% | 161.6% | 61.4% |
| Capex / revenue | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.6% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 13.0% | 14.6% | 15.0% | 12.7% | 8.1% | 23.9% | 28.3% | 37.3% | 47.6% | 20.5% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.52 | 0.58 | 0.73 | 0.63 | 0.52 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.61 | 0.56 | 0.43 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | — | — | −5.2% | — | — | 0.3% | −0.3% | −0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| SG&A / revenue | 26.8% | 27.1% | 25.9% | 24.8% | 24.0% | 28.2% | 27.7% | 27.1% | 27.3% | 26.7% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 105.7 | 105.5 | 100.2 | 100.8 | 105.6 | 151.8 | 129.0 | 127.2 | 124.7 | 121.8 |
| Days payables outstanding | 61.2 | 54.2 | 52.2 | 55.8 | 58.1 | 76.0 | 62.8 | 59.6 | 56.2 | 49.5 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 47.2 | 54.6 | 51.2 | 47.5 | 52.8 | 84.1 | 69.0 | 70.1 | 71.0 | 75.0 |
| Receivables turnover | 137.60 | 113.38 | 117.01 | 144.66 | 67.97 | 44.05 | 132.13 | 147.32 | 148.22 | 134.59 |
| Payables turnover | 5.96 | 6.74 | 7.00 | 6.54 | 6.28 | 4.80 | 5.82 | 6.13 | 6.49 | 7.37 |
| Inventory turnover | 3.45 | 3.46 | 3.64 | 3.62 | 3.46 | 2.40 | 2.83 | 2.87 | 2.93 | 3.00 |
| Asset turnover | 1.87 | 1.89 | 2.03 | 2.13 | 2.09 | 1.36 | 1.85 | 1.83 | 1.70 | 1.66 |
| Average receivables | $47.7M | $58.1M | $58.7M | $48.4M | $97.5M | $100.6M | $48.0M | $44.1M | $43.3M | $47.7M |
| Average payables | $686.8M | $581.8M | $576.0M | $609.3M | $596.7M | $639.0M | $728.4M | $700.5M | $646.7M | $565.1M |
| Average inventory | $1.19B | $1.13B | $1.11B | $1.10B | $1.08B | $1.28B | $1.50B | $1.50B | $1.43B | $1.39B |
| Intangibles / total assets | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Computed from DDS's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed March 27, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
DDS valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2026 (January 31, 2026), Dillard's traded at 16.6 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 10.7. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 15.2 and the forward P/E is 35.2. Dillard's earned a return on equity of 31.9% and a return on invested capital of 44.0% in fiscal 2026. It ended the year with $557.6 million of debt and $1.1 billion in cash and short-term investments, a net cash position of $515.4 million. It returned $592.6 million to shareholders: $484.8 million in dividends and $107.8 million in share buybacks, 95% of free cash flow. The share count fell 54.5% from 34.3M to 15.6M over 9 years.
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DDS key metrics FAQ
What is Dillard's's P/E ratio?
Dillard's's trailing P/E ratio is 15.2 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 35.2. At the end of fiscal 2026 it was 16.6, compared with a 10-year median of 10.7.
What is Dillard's's EV/EBITDA?
Dillard's's enterprise value was 10.2 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2026 (enterprise value $9.0 billion, EBITDA $875.8 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 9.5.
What is Dillard's's return on equity?
Dillard's's return on equity (ROE) was 31.9% in fiscal 2026: net income of $570.6 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.8 billion.
What is Dillard's's ROIC?
Dillard's's return on invested capital was 44.0% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Dillard's have?
Dillard's had total debt of $557.6 million at the end of fiscal 2026, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31 and more cash than debt.
What is Dillard's's dividend yield?
Dillard's's forward dividend yield is 0.14%. Dillard's paid $484.8 million in dividends in fiscal 2026 ($31.08 per share), a payout ratio of 85.0%.
Does Dillard's buy back its shares?
Yes. Dillard's spent $107.8 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed −3.2% over the year, to 15.6M..
What is Dillard's's free cash flow yield?
Dillard's generated $623.6 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 6.6% on its market value at year-end ($9.5 billion).
What is Dillard's's current ratio?
Dillard's's current ratio was 2.65 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 2.65 times current liabilities.