CAL vs. SCVL, SHOO, ZUMZ, BKE, DBI, GCO, GES, CTRN, PLCE, and CATO
Should you be buying Caleres stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caleres include Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Steven Madden (SHOO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Buckle (BKE), Designer Brands (DBI), Genesco (GCO), Guess? (GES), Citi Trends (CTRN), Children's Place (PLCE), and Cato (CATO).
Caleres vs. Its Competitors
Caleres (NYSE:CAL) and Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) are both small-cap apparel retail companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and risk.
Caleres currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.30%. Given Caleres' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Caleres is more favorable than Shoe Carnival.
Caleres has higher revenue and earnings than Shoe Carnival. Caleres is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoe Carnival, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Caleres has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Caleres pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shoe Carnival pays out 26.4% 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. Shoe Carnival has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Shoe Carnival is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
98.4% of Caleres shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Caleres shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 5.41% compared to Caleres' net margin of 2.26%. Caleres' return on equity of 11.91% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.
In the previous week, Shoe Carnival had 2 more articles in the media than Caleres. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Shoe Carnival and 1 mentions for Caleres. Shoe Carnival's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Caleres' score of 0.00 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Shoe Carnival beats Caleres on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CAL) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
