Crocs (CROX) Competitors

Deckers Outdoor (NYSE:DECK) and Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Is DECK or CROX more profitable?

Crocs has a net margin of 23.16% compared to Deckers Outdoor's net margin of 19.14%. Crocs' return on equity of 46.27% beat Deckers Outdoor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deckers Outdoor	19.14%	41.71%	27.30%
Crocs	23.16%	46.27%	16.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DECK or CROX?

Deckers Outdoor received 656 more outperform votes than Crocs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.27% of users gave Deckers Outdoor an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Crocs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Deckers Outdoor	Outperform Votes 1222 69.27%	Underperform Votes 542 30.73%
Crocs	Outperform Votes 566 60.21%	Underperform Votes 374 39.79%

Which has more risk and volatility, DECK or CROX?

Deckers Outdoor has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DECK or CROX?

Deckers Outdoor currently has a consensus price target of $179.83, suggesting a potential upside of 63.28%. Crocs has a consensus price target of $140.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.84%. Given Deckers Outdoor's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Deckers Outdoor is more favorable than Crocs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deckers Outdoor	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Crocs	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DECK or CROX?

Crocs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Deckers Outdoor. Crocs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deckers Outdoor, 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
Deckers Outdoor	$4.92B	3.40	$759.56M	$6.17	17.85
Crocs	$4.10B	1.29	$950.07M	$15.99	5.92

Does the media favor DECK or CROX?

In the previous week, Deckers Outdoor had 9 more articles in the media than Crocs. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Deckers Outdoor and 23 mentions for Crocs. Deckers Outdoor's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Crocs' score of 0.86 indicating that Deckers Outdoor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Deckers Outdoor	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crocs	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DECK or CROX?

97.8% of Deckers Outdoor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Deckers Outdoor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Deckers Outdoor beats Crocs on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.