SKX vs. SHOO, BIRK, BJ, RL, SN, WYNN, CHDN, SIRI, TTC, and CROX
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), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Ralph Lauren (RL), SharkNinja (SN), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Sirius XM (SIRI), Toro (TTC), and Crocs (CROX).
Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) and Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
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.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Steven Madden had 9 more articles in the media than Skechers U.S.A.. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Steven Madden and 6 mentions for Skechers U.S.A.. Steven Madden's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Skechers U.S.A.'s score of 0.24 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.9% of Steven Madden shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Steven Madden shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Steven Madden has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steven Madden presently has a consensus price target of $41.75, suggesting a potential downside of 2.54%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus price target of $66.83, suggesting a potential downside of 2.13%. Given Steven Madden's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Skechers U.S.A. is more favorable than Steven Madden.
Summary
Skechers U.S.A. beats Steven Madden on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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