Caleres (CAL) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate AEO or CAL?

American Eagle Outfitters presently has a consensus price target of $14.80, indicating a potential upside of 38.51%. Caleres has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.37%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Caleres.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Eagle Outfitters	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AEO or CAL?

Caleres has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Eagle Outfitters	$5.33B	0.35	$170.04M	$1.68	6.36
Caleres	$2.72B	0.20	$171.39M	$3.07	5.28

Does the media prefer AEO or CAL?

In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 16 more articles in the media than Caleres. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 5 mentions for Caleres. Caleres' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of -0.04 indicating that Caleres is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Eagle Outfitters	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Caleres	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AEO or CAL a better dividend stock?

American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caleres pays out 9.1% 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. American Eagle Outfitters has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. American Eagle Outfitters is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, AEO or CAL?

American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caleres has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AEO or CAL?

American Eagle Outfitters received 745 more outperform votes than Caleres when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.12% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 62.23% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Eagle Outfitters	Outperform Votes 1152 63.12%	Underperform Votes 673 36.88%
Caleres	Outperform Votes 407 62.23%	Underperform Votes 247 37.77%

Is AEO or CAL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Eagle Outfitters	4.28%	20.75%	9.99%
Caleres	5.69%	22.71%	7.03%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AEO or CAL?

97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Caleres shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Caleres shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

American Eagle Outfitters beats Caleres on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.