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ZUMZ vs. SCVL, BKE, CAL, GES, GCO, CTRN, DBI, PLCE, CATO, and TLYS

Should you be buying Zumiez stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zumiez include Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), 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.

Zumiez vs. Its Competitors

Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.

95.4% of Zumiez shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.2% of Zumiez shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 5.41% compared to Zumiez's net margin of 0.06%. Shoe Carnival's return on equity of 9.65% beat Zumiez's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zumiez0.06% 0.19% 0.09%
Shoe Carnival 5.41%9.65%5.53%

Shoe Carnival has higher revenue and earnings than Zumiez. Zumiez is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoe Carnival, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zumiez$900.25M0.38-$1.71M-$0.01-1,985.10
Shoe Carnival$1.20B0.53$73.77M$2.2710.25

Zumiez has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Zumiez had 1 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Zumiez and 8 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Zumiez's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Shoe Carnival's score of 0.97 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zumiez
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Shoe Carnival
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Zumiez currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.32%. Given Zumiez's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Zumiez is more favorable than Shoe Carnival.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zumiez
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Shoe Carnival
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Summary

Shoe Carnival beats Zumiez on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZUMZ vs. The Competition

MetricZumiezRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$340.39M$9.86B$28.09B$10.26B
Dividend YieldN/A2.56%173.90%4.60%
P/E Ratio-1,982.3223.4120.5226.27
Price / Sales0.381.148.50173.47
Price / Cash18.9618.3917.5129.90
Price / Book1.163.565.046.28
Net Income-$1.71M$359.92M$872.22M$270.21M
7 Day Performance-5.56%2.21%1.40%1.69%
1 Month Performance28.15%14.16%5.59%5.84%
1 Year Performance-11.54%5.91%19.04%25.21%

Zumiez Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZUMZ
Zumiez
1.727 of 5 stars
$19.85
-0.9%
$18.00
-9.3%
-18.2%$340.39M$900.25M-1,982.328,700Positive News
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.1643 of 5 stars
$24.29
-1.3%
N/A-42.7%$672.73M$1.20B10.705,500
BKE
Buckle
3.173 of 5 stars
$59.43
+0.3%
$54.00
-9.1%
+39.7%$3.03B$1.22B14.868,000Positive News
CAL
Caleres
3.2941 of 5 stars
$15.58
-0.8%
$14.00
-10.1%
-50.9%$530.61M$2.72B8.909,400
GES
Guess?
3.2199 of 5 stars
$16.90
+0.2%
$16.75
-0.9%
-14.2%$877M$3.00B105.6013,000Positive News
GCO
Genesco
4.2006 of 5 stars
$32.98
-1.2%
$30.00
-9.0%
+30.2%$359.59M$2.36B-13.5118,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CTRN
Citi Trends
1.3521 of 5 stars
$37.82
+0.3%
$39.50
+4.4%
+112.3%$312.77M$753.08M-18.914,600Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
DBI
Designer Brands
4.0519 of 5 stars
$4.17
-11.9%
$4.00
-4.0%
-23.8%$230.94M$3.01B-6.1214,000Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
PLCE
Children's Place
0.3522 of 5 stars
$6.30
+15.8%
$6.00
-4.8%
-50.5%$120.59M$1.39B-7.337,900High Trading Volume
CATO
Cato
0.7066 of 5 stars
$4.72
+6.7%
N/A-0.7%$87.19M$649.81M-4.677,000
TLYS
Tilly's
2.582 of 5 stars
$1.98
+4.4%
$2.25
+13.5%
-61.7%$57.29M$569.45M-1.305,619Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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