All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2026-09-18.
From the record
Dillards Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-09-18) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+0.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
Dillards Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.4 billion in fiscal 2017 to $6.6 billion in fiscal 2026, up 0.2% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 32% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 3.7% a year. 75% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, Dillards Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 75% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-27 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 32%: 32¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 49%: owes 49¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, Dillards Inc. earned about 32 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 73 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 49 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.9% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 46% of 4 in its family; net margin 8.7%.
From the record
Dillards Inc.'s standing among 4 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $6.6 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 13% by size; a net margin of 8.7% ranks in the top 12%; revenue growth of -2.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 37% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 12% of 4 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.
From the record
Dillards Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Dillard, William T II (CEO, CHAIRMAN OF BOARD, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-01-24, 20.8 years (top 12% of its family); the 23 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 13 years (top 12%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 23 people in charge now (top 12%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 29% of 4 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Dillards Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $861 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 24.6% of its assets as net cash, top 12% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.5% of revenue (top 12%); a gross margin of 39% (bottom 38%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 46% of 4 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Dillards Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -2.1% a year over the last three filed years against 0.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 38% of its family); the newest year grew -0.4% (top 37%); capital spending grew -8% a year (top 37%) (its annual reports). Dillards Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Retail Operations at $6.3 billion (96%), Construction at $242 million (4%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 38% of 4 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Dillards Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $6.6 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 2.6% above the $6.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 12% of its family); net income of $570 million against a prior three-year average of $741 million (bottom 13%); a net margin of 8.7% against 10.8% before (bottom 13%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made