Zumiez (ZUMZ) Competitors

Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Caleres (NYSE:CAL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ZUMZ or CAL?

Caleres has higher revenue and earnings than Zumiez. Zumiez is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caleres, 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
Zumiez	$889.20M	0.26	-$62.61M	-$0.06	-194.33
Caleres	$2.72B	0.19	$171.39M	$3.07	5.01

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZUMZ or CAL?

Zumiez received 168 more outperform votes than Caleres when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.23% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote while only 47.84% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zumiez	Outperform Votes 575 47.84%	Underperform Votes 627 52.16%
Caleres	Outperform Votes 407 62.23%	Underperform Votes 247 37.77%

Do analysts prefer ZUMZ or CAL?

Zumiez presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 88.68%. Caleres has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.00%. Given Zumiez's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zumiez is more favorable than Caleres.

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
Caleres	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to ZUMZ or CAL?

In the previous week, Zumiez had 4 more articles in the media than Caleres. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Zumiez and 0 mentions for Caleres. Zumiez's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Caleres' score of 1.28 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zumiez	Very Positive
Caleres	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ZUMZ or CAL?

Zumiez has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caleres has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ZUMZ or CAL more profitable?

Caleres has a net margin of 5.69% compared to Zumiez's net margin of -5.60%. Caleres' return on equity of 22.71% beat Zumiez's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zumiez	-5.60%	-2.67%	-1.34%
Caleres	5.69%	22.71%	7.03%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ZUMZ or CAL?

95.4% of Zumiez shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Caleres shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Zumiez shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Caleres shares are owned 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.

Summary

Caleres beats Zumiez on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.