CAL vs. AEO, GES, SCVL, CTRN, ZUMZ, GCO, DBI, PLCE, CATO, and TLYS
Should you be buying Caleres stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caleres include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Guess? (GES), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Citi Trends (CTRN), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Designer Brands (DBI), Children's Place (PLCE), Cato (CATO), and Tilly's (TLYS). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Caleres vs. Its Competitors
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) and Caleres (NYSE:CAL) are both small-cap apparel retail companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
American Eagle Outfitters has a net margin of 3.73% compared to Caleres' net margin of 3.11%. Caleres' return on equity of 14.94% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.
American Eagle Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than Caleres. 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.
American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 51.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caleres pays out 11.7% 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.
American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caleres has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Caleres shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Caleres shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Eagle Outfitters currently has a consensus target price of $14.70, suggesting a potential upside of 42.86%. Caleres has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.21%. Given American Eagle Outfitters' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Eagle Outfitters is more favorable than Caleres.
In the previous week, Caleres had 1 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Caleres and 6 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Caleres' score of 0.47 indicating that American Eagle Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters beats Caleres on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CAL) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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