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

Should you be buying Zumiez stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zumiez include Shoe Carnival (SCVL), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Genesco (GCO), Guess? (GES), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), Children's Place (PLCE), and Cato (CATO). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Zumiez vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Zumiez had 2 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Zumiez and 3 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Zumiez's score of 0.21 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zumiez has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 5.58% compared to Zumiez's net margin of 0.08%. Shoe Carnival's return on equity of 10.43% beat Zumiez's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shoe Carnival5.58% 10.43% 5.92%
Zumiez 0.08%0.23%0.12%

Shoe Carnival presently has a consensus price target of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 129.73%. Zumiez has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.25%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than Zumiez.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shoe Carnival
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Zumiez
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Zumiez shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Zumiez 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shoe Carnival$1.20B0.50$73.77M$2.399.29
Zumiez$896.16M0.32-$1.71M$0.011,600.00

Summary

Shoe Carnival beats Zumiez on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ZUMZ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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ZUMZ vs. The Competition

MetricZumiezRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$277.23M$7.65B$27.08B$9.61B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%172.61%4.10%
P/E Ratio1,601.6065.7626.7626.04
Price / Sales0.321.1114.43103.72
Price / Cash14.6317.6858.6758.48
Price / Book0.933.374.826.61
Net Income-$1.71M$360.00M$869.87M$265.56M
7 Day Performance3.29%5.77%1.92%1.95%
1 Month Performance8.11%0.42%-2.09%-0.37%
1 Year Performance-45.04%1.72%16.17%19.02%

Zumiez Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZUMZ
Zumiez
3.2118 of 5 stars
$16.00
+2.6%
$25.00
+56.3%
-42.4%$277.23M$896.16M1,601.608,700News Coverage
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.7822 of 5 stars
$20.80
+0.4%
$51.00
+145.2%
-47.7%$566.40M$1.20B8.705,500News Coverage
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.3917 of 5 stars
$12.87
-0.9%
$14.70
+14.2%
-39.8%$2.25B$5.33B13.1344,000Upcoming Earnings
BKE
Buckle
3.598 of 5 stars
$55.59
+0.1%
$51.00
-8.2%
+35.1%$2.84B$1.22B14.298,000News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
CAL
Caleres
3.8657 of 5 stars
$14.66
+0.2%
$14.00
-4.5%
-63.3%$494.45M$2.72B6.119,400
GCO
Genesco
3.4595 of 5 stars
$25.79
+0.4%
$24.50
-5.0%
-3.9%$276.91M$2.33B-16.5318,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
GES
Guess?
2.7511 of 5 stars
$13.45
+1.9%
$12.50
-7.0%
-20.1%$686.62M$3.00B-56.0213,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.483 of 5 stars
$32.21
+0.8%
$32.50
+0.9%
+115.1%$265.16M$753.08M-6.904,600Upcoming Earnings
DBI
Designer Brands
3.3685 of 5 stars
$3.24
-0.3%
$3.50
+8.0%
-54.1%$158.68M$3.01B-4.7614,000
PLCE
Children's Place
1.1066 of 5 stars
$4.38
-2.2%
$6.00
+37.0%
-27.7%$99.31M$1.39B-1.407,900News Coverage
Gap Up
CATO
Cato
1.3191 of 5 stars
$2.85
+0.9%
N/A-25.0%$55.66M$649.81M-2.117,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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