SCVL vs. BKE, FL, CAL, GES, ZUMZ, GCO, CTRN, DBI, PLCE, and TLYS
Should you be buying Shoe Carnival stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shoe Carnival include Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), Children's Place (PLCE), and Tilly's (TLYS). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Shoe Carnival vs.
Buckle (NYSE:BKE) and Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Buckle currently has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.92%. Shoe Carnival has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 193.44%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than Buckle.
Buckle has higher revenue and earnings than Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Buckle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Buckle has a net margin of 16.21% compared to Shoe Carnival's net margin of 6.12%. Buckle's return on equity of 44.11% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.
53.9% of Buckle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. 39.8% of Buckle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Shoe Carnival received 108 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Shoe Carnival an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.
Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Buckle pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shoe Carnival pays out 22.4% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Buckle had 3 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Buckle and 3 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Shoe Carnival's score of 0.74 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Buckle has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Buckle beats Shoe Carnival on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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