Designer Brands (DBI) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SCVL or DBI?

66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Designer Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.9% of Designer Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor SCVL or DBI?

In the previous week, Shoe Carnival had 5 more articles in the media than Designer Brands. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Shoe Carnival and 0 mentions for Designer Brands. Shoe Carnival's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Designer Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shoe Carnival	Positive
Designer Brands	Neutral

Do analysts recommend SCVL or DBI?

Designer Brands has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.96%. Given Designer Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Designer Brands is more favorable than Shoe Carnival.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shoe Carnival	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Designer Brands	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SCVL or DBI?

Shoe Carnival has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Designer Brands. Designer Brands 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
Shoe Carnival	$1.15B	0.53	$73.77M	$2.27	9.79
Designer Brands	$3.01B	0.06	-$10.55M	-$0.70	-5.15

Is SCVL or DBI more profitable?

Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 5.41% compared to Designer Brands' net margin of -1.09%. Shoe Carnival's return on equity of 9.65% beat Designer Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shoe Carnival	5.41%	9.65%	5.53%
Designer Brands	-1.09%	-1.02%	-0.14%

Which has more risk and volatility, SCVL or DBI?

Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Designer Brands has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SCVL or DBI a better dividend stock?

Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Designer Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Shoe Carnival pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Designer Brands pays out -28.6% 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. Designer Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Shoe Carnival beats Designer Brands on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.