GES vs. AEO, URBN, FL, BKE, CAL, SCVL, DBI, ZUMZ, GCO, and CTRN
Should you be buying Guess? stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guess? include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Designer Brands (DBI), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), and Citi Trends (CTRN). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) and Guess? (NYSE:GES) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
American Eagle Outfitters received 666 more outperform votes than Guess? when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.27% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.
Guess? has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Eagle Outfitters. Guess? 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.
American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.3% of Guess? shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Guess? has a net margin of 7.97% compared to Guess?'s net margin of 4.12%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 26.90% beat Guess?'s return on equity.
American Eagle Outfitters currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.85%. Guess? has a consensus target price of $31.25, suggesting a potential upside of 35.11%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Guess? is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 2 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 6 mentions for Guess?. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.52 indicating that American Eagle Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guess? pays out 35.8% 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. American Eagle Outfitters has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Guess? has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Guess? is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters beats Guess? on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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