SCVL vs. AEO, GES, CAL, ZUMZ, GCO, CTRN, DBI, PLCE, CATO, and TLYS
Should you be buying Shoe Carnival stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shoe Carnival include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), Children's Place (PLCE), Cato (CATO), and Tilly's (TLYS). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Shoe Carnival vs.
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) and Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
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.
97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of American Eagle Outfitters 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 51.0% 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. American Eagle Outfitters has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Shoe Carnival has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 7 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 5 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.10 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Eagle Outfitters currently has a consensus price target of $14.70, indicating a potential upside of 41.41%. Shoe Carnival has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 155.13%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
American Eagle Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Eagle Outfitters received 664 more outperform votes than Shoe Carnival when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.21% of users gave Shoe Carnival an outperform vote while only 62.99% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters and Shoe Carnival tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SCVL) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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