Shoe Carnival (SCVL) Competitors

Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is SCVL or AEO more profitable?

Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 6.12% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 4.28%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 20.75% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shoe Carnival	6.12%	12.52%	6.97%
American Eagle Outfitters	4.28%	20.75%	9.99%

Does the media prefer SCVL or AEO?

In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 37 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 7 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of -0.08 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shoe Carnival	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Eagle Outfitters	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SCVL or AEO a better dividend stock?

Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Shoe Carnival pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 29.8% 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. Shoe Carnival has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and American Eagle Outfitters has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend SCVL or AEO?

Shoe Carnival currently has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 153.35%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus target price of $14.80, suggesting a potential upside of 29.26%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shoe Carnival	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
American Eagle Outfitters	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SCVL or AEO?

American Eagle Outfitters received 664 more outperform votes than Shoe Carnival when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.30% of users gave Shoe Carnival an outperform vote while only 63.12% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shoe Carnival	Outperform Votes 488 66.30%	Underperform Votes 248 33.70%
American Eagle Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1152 63.12%	Underperform Votes 673 36.88%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SCVL or AEO?

American Eagle Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than Shoe Carnival. American Eagle Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoe Carnival, 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
Shoe Carnival	$1.20B	0.46	$73.35M	$2.68	7.51
American Eagle Outfitters	$5.33B	0.37	$170.04M	$1.68	6.82

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SCVL or AEO?

66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, SCVL or AEO?

Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shoe Carnival and American Eagle Outfitters tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.