Steven Madden (SHOO) Competitors

Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) and Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ASO or SHOO?

99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Academy Sports and Outdoors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Steven Madden 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 and volatility, ASO or SHOO?

Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steven Madden has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ASO or SHOO?

Academy Sports and Outdoors currently has a consensus target price of $56.31, suggesting a potential upside of 18.78%. Steven Madden has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Academy Sports and Outdoors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than Steven Madden.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Academy Sports and Outdoors	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Steven Madden	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor ASO or SHOO?

In the previous week, Academy Sports and Outdoors had 4 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors and 3 mentions for Steven Madden. Academy Sports and Outdoors' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Steven Madden's score of 1.09 indicating that Academy Sports and Outdoors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Academy Sports and Outdoors	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Steven Madden	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, ASO or SHOO?

Academy Sports and Outdoors has higher revenue and earnings than Steven Madden. Academy Sports and Outdoors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steven Madden, 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
Academy Sports and Outdoors	$5.93B	0.53	$418.45M	$5.44	8.72
Steven Madden	$2.28B	0.83	$169.39M	$2.32	11.22

Is ASO or SHOO more profitable?

Steven Madden has a net margin of 7.26% compared to Academy Sports and Outdoors' net margin of 6.55%. Steven Madden's return on equity of 21.63% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Academy Sports and Outdoors	6.55%	19.62%	7.70%
Steven Madden	7.26%	21.63%	13.24%

Is ASO or SHOO a better dividend stock?

Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Steven Madden pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steven Madden pays out 36.2% 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.

Summary

Academy Sports and Outdoors beats Steven Madden on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.