SCVL vs. ASO, SHOO, ZUMZ, AEO, BKE, CAL, DBI, GCO, GES, and CTRN
Should you be buying Shoe Carnival stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shoe Carnival include Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO), Steven Madden (SHOO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Designer Brands (DBI), Genesco (GCO), Guess? (GES), and Citi Trends (CTRN).
Shoe Carnival vs. Its Competitors
Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) and Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Academy Sports and Outdoors had 7 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors and 3 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Academy Sports and Outdoors' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Shoe Carnival's score of 1.13 indicating that Academy Sports and Outdoors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shoe Carnival pays out 25.1% 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. Academy Sports and Outdoors has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Shoe Carnival has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Shoe Carnival is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has higher revenue and earnings than Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Academy Sports and Outdoors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 6.55% compared to Shoe Carnival's net margin of 5.58%. Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity of 19.62% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.
Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Academy Sports and Outdoors presently has a consensus target price of $58.24, indicating a potential upside of 7.80%. Shoe Carnival has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 146.14%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than Academy Sports and Outdoors.
Summary
Academy Sports and Outdoors beats Shoe Carnival on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:SCVL) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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