CAL vs. AEO, BKE, FL, GES, SCVL, ZUMZ, GCO, CTRN, DBI, and PLCE
Should you be buying Caleres stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caleres include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Guess? (GES), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), and Children's Place (PLCE). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Caleres vs.
Caleres (NYSE:CAL) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
Caleres has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Caleres has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Eagle Outfitters. Caleres is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Caleres pays out 9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 11 more articles in the media than Caleres. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 2 mentions for Caleres. Caleres' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.81 indicating that Caleres is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Caleres currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.43%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.72%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Caleres.
Caleres has a net margin of 5.69% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 4.28%. Caleres' return on equity of 22.71% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.
American Eagle Outfitters received 745 more outperform votes than Caleres when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.26% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 62.23% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote.
98.4% of Caleres shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Caleres shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held 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
American Eagle Outfitters beats Caleres on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CAL) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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