Shoe Zone (SHOE) Competitors

Gaming Realms (LON:GMR) and Shoe Zone (LON:SHOE) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GMR or SHOE?

Shoe Zone has higher revenue and earnings than Gaming Realms. Shoe Zone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gaming Realms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gaming Realms	£21.86M	4.21	£4.73M	£0.02	1,560.00
Shoe Zone	£165.66M	0.55	£13.22M	£0.28	705.36

Do analysts prefer GMR or SHOE?

Gaming Realms presently has a consensus price target of GBX 50, indicating a potential upside of 60.26%. Given Shoe Zone's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gaming Realms is more favorable than Shoe Zone.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gaming Realms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Shoe Zone	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GMR or SHOE?

14.6% of Gaming Realms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.5% of Shoe Zone shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.1% of Gaming Realms shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.6% of Shoe Zone shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GMR or SHOE?

Shoe Zone received 13 more outperform votes than Gaming Realms when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.01% of users gave Gaming Realms an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave Shoe Zone an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gaming Realms	Outperform Votes 131 74.01%	Underperform Votes 46 25.99%
Shoe Zone	Outperform Votes 144 62.88%	Underperform Votes 85 37.12%

Is GMR or SHOE more profitable?

Gaming Realms has a net margin of 21.65% compared to Gaming Realms' net margin of 7.98%. Gaming Realms' return on equity of 37.45% beat Shoe Zone's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gaming Realms	21.65%	25.85%	12.01%
Shoe Zone	7.98%	37.45%	10.67%

Does the media favor GMR or SHOE?

In the previous week, Shoe Zone had 1 more articles in the media than Gaming Realms. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Shoe Zone and 2 mentions for Gaming Realms. Gaming Realms' average media sentiment score of -0.14 beat Shoe Zone's score of -0.59 indicating that Shoe Zone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gaming Realms	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Shoe Zone	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, GMR or SHOE?

Gaming Realms has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Zone has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shoe Zone beats Gaming Realms on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.