BKE vs. URBN, AEO, ANF, JWN, ODP, SAH, FL, ARHS, PZZA, and CAKE
Should you be buying Buckle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Buckle include Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Nordstrom (JWN), ODP (ODP), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Foot Locker (FL), Arhaus (ARHS), Papa John's International (PZZA), and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Buckle (NYSE:BKE) and Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Buckle had 1 more articles in the media than Urban Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Buckle and 2 mentions for Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Buckle's score of 0.15 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Urban Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than Buckle. Buckle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Buckle has a net margin of 17.44% compared to Urban Outfitters' net margin of 5.58%. Buckle's return on equity of 50.88% beat Urban Outfitters' return on equity.
Buckle has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
53.9% of Buckle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.8% of Buckle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Buckle currently has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.87%. Urban Outfitters has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.39%. Given Urban Outfitters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than Buckle.
Urban Outfitters received 892 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.90% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.
Summary
Urban Outfitters beats Buckle on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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