SHOO vs. WWW, RCKY, SKX, CAL, BIRK, MODG, UAA, UA, RLX, and SVV
Should you be buying Steven Madden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steven Madden include Wolverine World Wide (WWW), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Caleres (CAL), Birkenstock (BIRK), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Under Armour (UAA), Under Armour (UA), RLX Technology (RLX), and Savers Value Village (SVV). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) and Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Steven Madden received 295 more outperform votes than Wolverine World Wide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.19% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote while only 50.98% of users gave Wolverine World Wide an outperform vote.
Steven Madden currently has a consensus price target of $41.38, indicating a potential upside of 1.51%. Wolverine World Wide has a consensus price target of $10.63, indicating a potential downside of 1.53%. Given Steven Madden's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Steven Madden is more favorable than Wolverine World Wide.
Steven Madden has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wolverine World Wide has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steven Madden has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wolverine World Wide. Wolverine World Wide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steven Madden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Steven Madden has a net margin of 8.67% compared to Wolverine World Wide's net margin of -1.77%. Steven Madden's return on equity of 21.61% beat Wolverine World Wide's return on equity.
In the previous week, Wolverine World Wide had 5 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Wolverine World Wide and 8 mentions for Steven Madden. Steven Madden's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Wolverine World Wide's score of 0.11 indicating that Steven Madden is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Steven Madden pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Wolverine World Wide pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Steven Madden pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wolverine World Wide pays out -78.4% 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. Wolverine World Wide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Steven Madden shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Steven Madden beats Wolverine World Wide on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Steven Madden News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SHOO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SHOO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Steven Madden Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
