FL vs. GPS, ANF, AEO, URBN, BKE, CAL, GES, SCVL, DBI, and ZUMZ
Should you be buying Foot Locker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foot Locker include GAP (GPS), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Designer Brands (DBI), and Zumiez (ZUMZ). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
GAP (NYSE:GPS) and Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
58.8% of GAP shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.0% of GAP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Foot Locker shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GAP has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foot Locker has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GAP has higher revenue and earnings than Foot Locker. Foot Locker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GAP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GAP has a net margin of 3.37% compared to GAP's net margin of -4.04%. Foot Locker's return on equity of 22.56% beat GAP's return on equity.
Foot Locker received 294 more outperform votes than GAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.83% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 52.04% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.
In the previous week, GAP had 10 more articles in the media than Foot Locker. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for GAP and 23 mentions for Foot Locker. Foot Locker's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat GAP's score of 0.24 indicating that GAP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GAP currently has a consensus price target of $21.15, indicating a potential upside of 2.01%. Foot Locker has a consensus price target of $24.20, indicating a potential upside of 4.18%. Given GAP's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Foot Locker is more favorable than GAP.
Summary
GAP beats Foot Locker on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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