BKE vs. AEO, URBN, FL, CAL, GES, SCVL, DBI, ZUMZ, GCO, and CTRN
Should you be buying Buckle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Buckle include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Foot Locker (FL), Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Designer Brands (DBI), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), and Citi Trends (CTRN). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Buckle (NYSE:BKE) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
American Eagle Outfitters received 768 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.34% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 57.23% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 5 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 16 mentions for Buckle. American Eagle Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Buckle's score of -0.22 indicating that American Eagle Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Buckle has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Eagle Outfitters. Buckle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Buckle presently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.75%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $24.44, suggesting a potential upside of 2.26%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Buckle.
Buckle has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Buckle pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 58.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Buckle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Buckle has a net margin of 17.07% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 3.23%. Buckle's return on equity of 48.21% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.
53.9% of Buckle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.8% of Buckle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters beats Buckle on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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