Macy's runs the namesake department store chain, Bloomingdale's and Bluemercury, plus a growing digital storefront, selling apparel, beauty and home goods across roughly 500 stores. At a 40.3% gross margin the business still earns a thin 3.2% operating margin, so the thesis rests on cost cuts and store rationalization converting that gap into earnings rather than on top-line growth, which is running at just 1.2%. The stock trades at 8.3 times trailing and 9.4 times forward earnings, a multiple that already prices in a lot of skepticism about the mall-based store base. A 16.0% return on equity and a 74/100 composite score suggest the balance sheet and profitability metrics are better than the headline sales trend implies, which makes this worth a closer look at the margin bridge and the pace of store closures.
Plain-English pros, cons, and what to watch. Pro feature.
See what each model says, the assumptions behind it, the bad, normal and good cases, and why the fair value changed.
The full quality picture: a reason under every score, how the scores moved, and the conviction breakdown.
The full analyst picture: the price-target distribution against the current price, forward consensus estimates, and how ACCE's own models compare.
Trades are only made public after a delay. We show the delay so you know how old the news is.
Follow the informed money: 13F position changes, insider and Congress trades, and 13D activist filings.
| Date | Type | New | Previous | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026, 14:06 CEST | Rating | Undervalued | first publication | $23.60 |
| 15 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $27.65 | $31.24 | $22.74 |
| 11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $31.24 | $30.54 | $22.67 |
| 10 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST | ACCE price target | $23.00 | first publication | $22.79 |
| 6 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $30.54 | $25.64 | $22.73 |
| 4 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $25.64 | $25.96 | $22.73 |
| 29 Sept 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $25.96 | $26.28 | $22.64 |
| 24 Sept 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $26.28 | $25.80 | $22.78 |
| 19 Sept 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $25.80 | $26.34 | $21.64 |
| 16 Sept 2026, 00:00 CEST | Fair value | $26.34 | $31.22 | $22.58 |
Answered from Macy's Inc Common Stock fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.
| Company | Price | Fair value | vs fair value | P/E | ROE | Quality | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Macy's Inc Common Stock | $24.10 | $28 | 13% below | 8.6x | 16.0% | 56 | 72 |
| 9005.T Tokyu Corporation | ¥1613.50 | - | - | 9.5x | - | 38 | 56 |
| LIVEPOLC-1.MX El Puerto de Liverpool | MXN 102.58 | MXN 196 | 48% below | 7.4x | 10.6% | 63 | 67 |
| CENCOSUD.SN Cencosud | CLP 1852.00 | - | - | 32.4x | 4.6% | 38 | 33 |
| 3099.T Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. | ¥1780.50 | - | - | 15.8x | - | 85 | 76 |
| 3086.T J. Front Retailing Co., Ltd. | ¥2776.00 | - | - | 25.1x | 6.4% | 63 | 53 |
| 8233.T Takashimaya Company, Limited | ¥2080.00 | - | - | - | -2.3% | 43 | 51 |
Where M ranks against its sector peers on each metric.