SHOO vs. SKX, CROX, WWW, NKE, DECK, BIRK, CAL, RCKY, POOL, and EDU
Should you be buying Steven Madden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steven Madden include Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Crocs (CROX), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), NIKE (NKE), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Birkenstock (BIRK), Caleres (CAL), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Pool (POOL), and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU).
Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) and Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Skechers U.S.A. had 22 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Skechers U.S.A. and 11 mentions for Steven Madden. Steven Madden's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Skechers U.S.A.'s score of 0.47 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Skechers U.S.A. currently has a consensus target price of $76.08, indicating a potential upside of 17.53%. Steven Madden has a consensus target price of $43.38, indicating a potential downside of 1.47%. Given Steven Madden's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Skechers U.S.A. is more favorable than Steven Madden.
Skechers U.S.A. received 96 more outperform votes than Steven Madden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.86% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 70.02% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote.
Skechers U.S.A. has higher revenue and earnings than Steven Madden. Skechers U.S.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steven Madden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steven Madden has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Steven Madden shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Steven Madden has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Steven Madden's net margin of 7.17%. Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity of 22.68% beat Steven Madden's return on equity.
Summary
Skechers U.S.A. beats Steven Madden on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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