BKE vs. ANF, AEO, URBN, GPS, JWN, ODP, IMKTA, WMK, PLAY, and CAKE
Should you be buying Buckle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Buckle include Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), GAP (GPS), Nordstrom (JWN), ODP (ODP), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Weis Markets (WMK), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Buckle vs.
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Buckle (NYSE:BKE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus price target of $28.75, suggesting a potential downside of 6.47%. Buckle has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.59%. Given Buckle's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Buckle is more favorable than Abercrombie & Fitch.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Buckle has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Buckle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Abercrombie & Fitch. Buckle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abercrombie & Fitch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Abercrombie & Fitch pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Abercrombie & Fitch pays out 114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Buckle pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Buckle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Abercrombie & Fitch received 816 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.99% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote while only 57.63% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.
Buckle has a net margin of 18.37% compared to Abercrombie & Fitch's net margin of 0.96%. Buckle's return on equity of 60.35% beat Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity.
In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 37 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 13 mentions for Buckle. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Buckle's score of 0.18 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the media.
51.0% of Buckle shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.1% of Buckle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Buckle beats Abercrombie & Fitch on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BKE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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