Caleres (CAL) Competitors

Caleres (NYSE:CAL) and Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) are both small-cap apparel retail companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

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

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, CAL or SCVL?

Caleres has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CAL or SCVL?

Caleres currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.83%. Shoe Carnival has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 139.21%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than Caleres.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Caleres	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Shoe Carnival	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CAL or SCVL more profitable?

Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 5.58% compared to Caleres' net margin of 3.11%. Caleres' return on equity of 14.94% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caleres	3.11%	14.94%	4.68%
Shoe Carnival	5.58%	10.43%	5.92%

Is CAL or SCVL a better dividend stock?

Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Caleres pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shoe Carnival pays out 25.1% 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. Shoe Carnival has increased 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CAL or SCVL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Caleres	$2.72B	0.18	$107.25M	$2.40	6.13
Shoe Carnival	$1.20B	0.48	$73.77M	$2.39	8.92

Does the media refer more to CAL or SCVL?

In the previous week, Caleres had 3 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Caleres and 2 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Caleres' score of 0.44 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Caleres	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Shoe Carnival	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Shoe Carnival beats Caleres on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.