SHOO vs. WWW, RCKY, SKX, CAL, BIRK, MODG, UAA, MLCO, LRN, and YETI
Should you be buying Steven Madden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steven Madden include Wolverine World Wide (WWW), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Caleres (CAL), Birkenstock (BIRK), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Under Armour (UAA), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Stride (LRN), and YETI (YETI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) and Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Steven Madden has a net margin of 8.67% compared to Wolverine World Wide's net margin of -1.77%. Steven Madden's return on equity of 21.61% beat Wolverine World Wide's return on equity.
Steven Madden pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Wolverine World Wide pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Steven Madden pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wolverine World Wide pays out -78.4% 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. Wolverine World Wide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Steven Madden received 295 more outperform votes than Wolverine World Wide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.19% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote while only 50.92% of users gave Wolverine World Wide an outperform vote.
Steven Madden has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wolverine World Wide. Wolverine World Wide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steven Madden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Steven Madden had 21 more articles in the media than Wolverine World Wide. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Steven Madden and 15 mentions for Wolverine World Wide. Steven Madden's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Wolverine World Wide's score of 0.47 indicating that Steven Madden is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Steven Madden has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wolverine World Wide has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steven Madden currently has a consensus price target of $41.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.15%. Wolverine World Wide has a consensus price target of $10.63, indicating a potential downside of 2.34%. Given Steven Madden's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Steven Madden is more favorable than Wolverine World Wide.
99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Steven Madden shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Steven Madden beats Wolverine World Wide on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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