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Dillard's, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Dillard's, Inc. had return on equity of 31.9% and a net margin of 8.7%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Jan 20102011Jan 20112012Jan 20122013Feb 20132014Feb 20142015Jan 20152016Jan 20162017Jan 20172018Feb 20182019Feb 20192020Feb 20202021Jan 20212022Jan 20222023Jan 20232024Feb 20242025Feb 20252026Jan 2026LTMAug 2026
Net margin1.1%2.9%7.2%5.0%4.8%4.9%4.0%2.6%3.4%2.6%1.8%−1.6%13.0%12.7%10.7%9.0%8.7%10.3%
Return on equity3.0%8.2%22.4%16.7%16.3%16.5%14.1%9.6%12.9%10.1%6.7%−4.7%59.6%58.5%44.8%34.0%31.9%35.0%
Return on assets1.5%4.0%10.7%8.0%8.0%8.1%6.7%4.4%5.8%4.8%3.2%−2.2%27.2%27.1%21.8%17.0%16.2%18.8%
Effective tax rate15.0%31.4%−15.8%30.2%34.9%35.1%34.4%34.3%−3.7%18.1%17.0%—20.8%19.6%19.4%18.7%18.0%19.0%
SG&A as % of revenue—————24.5%24.7%25.7%26.2%26.0%26.7%27.3%23.2%23.9%25.0%26.3%26.8%27.1%
Dividends ÷ net income17.2%6.2%2.2%75.1%2.3%3.1%3.7%5.8%4.3%6.5%10.4%—35.4%30.4%45.8%69.7%85.0%71.3%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 1 checks passed · August 1, 2026
What it owns · $3.7bn
Short-term assets $2.7bnLonger-term assets $1.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.0bn
Short-term liabilities $884mShareholders' equity $2.1bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.7bn of assets due within a year against $884m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Dillard's, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

55 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Dillard's's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 23.6% of total assets over 6 years.

  • Pricing power 11 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 37.5%, moving by 4.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 1 / 20

    Net margin has been a median 8.3%; its worst year was -1.9%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 8.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 15 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 41.9% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (60 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Dillard's, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Dillard's, Inc.