SKX vs. SHOO, BIRK, SRAD, RL, BJ, WYNN, SN, CHDN, TTC, and ROKU
Should you be buying Skechers U.S.A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skechers U.S.A. include Steven Madden (SHOO), Birkenstock (BIRK), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Ralph Lauren (RL), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), SharkNinja (SN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Toro (TTC), and Roku (ROKU). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) and Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Skechers U.S.A. received 87 more outperform votes than Steven Madden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.61% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 70.12% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Skechers U.S.A. had 12 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Skechers U.S.A. and 5 mentions for Steven Madden. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.70 indicating that Steven Madden is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Skechers U.S.A. has higher revenue and earnings than Steven Madden. Steven Madden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skechers U.S.A., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Steven Madden shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Steven Madden presently has a consensus price target of $41.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.22%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus price target of $66.83, suggesting a potential downside of 2.30%. Given Skechers U.S.A.'s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Steven Madden is more favorable than Skechers U.S.A..
Steven Madden has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Steven Madden's net margin of 7.17%. Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity of 22.68% beat Steven Madden's return on equity.
Steven Madden has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Skechers U.S.A. beats Steven Madden on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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