DBI vs. GES, CAL, SCVL, GCO, ZUMZ, CTRN, PLCE, CATO, TLYS, and TJX
Should you be buying Designer Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Designer Brands include Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Citi Trends (CTRN), Children's Place (PLCE), Cato (CATO), Tilly's (TLYS), and TJX Companies (TJX). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Designer Brands vs.
Guess? (NYSE:GES) and Designer Brands (NYSE:DBI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Designer Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 30.3% of Guess? shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.9% of Designer Brands 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.
In the previous week, Guess? had 2 more articles in the media than Designer Brands. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Guess? and 3 mentions for Designer Brands. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Designer Brands' score of 0.34 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Designer Brands received 190 more outperform votes than Guess? when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.65% of users gave Designer Brands an outperform vote while only 53.59% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.
Guess? has a net margin of 3.19% compared to Designer Brands' net margin of -0.07%. Guess?'s return on equity of 23.29% beat Designer Brands' return on equity.
Guess? has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Designer Brands has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Guess? has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Designer Brands. Designer Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guess?, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guess? currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.62%. Designer Brands has a consensus target price of $4.75, suggesting a potential upside of 43.72%. Given Designer Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Designer Brands is more favorable than Guess?.
Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Designer Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Guess? pays out 187.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Designer Brands pays out -64.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guess? has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Guess? is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Guess? beats Designer Brands on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DBI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
