Foot Locker (FL) Competitors $24.02 -0.08 (-0.31%) Closing price 09/5/2025Extended Trading$24.02 0.00 (0.00%) As of 09/5/2025 07:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock FL vs. PLCE, BKE, BOOT, DKS, NKE, URBN, ANF, AEO, GES, and SCVLShould you be buying Foot Locker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foot Locker include Children's Place (PLCE), Buckle (BKE), Boot Barn (BOOT), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), NIKE (NKE), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Guess? (GES), and Shoe Carnival (SCVL). Foot Locker vs. Its Competitors Children's Place Buckle Boot Barn DICK'S Sporting Goods NIKE Urban Outfitters Abercrombie & Fitch American Eagle Outfitters Guess? Shoe Carnival Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability and earnings. Do analysts prefer PLCE or FL? Children's Place presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.64%. Foot Locker has a consensus target price of $21.33, suggesting a potential downside of 11.20%. Given Children's Place's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Foot Locker.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Children's Place 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Foot Locker 2 Sell rating(s) 12 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Does the media refer more to PLCE or FL? In the previous week, Foot Locker had 4 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Foot Locker and 6 mentions for Children's Place. Foot Locker's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Children's Place's score of 0.31 indicating that Foot Locker is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Children's Place 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Foot Locker 5 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more risk and volatility, PLCE or FL? Children's Place has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foot Locker has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PLCE or FL? Foot Locker has higher revenue and earnings than Children's Place. Children's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foot Locker, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioChildren's Place$1.39B0.11-$57.82M-$0.86-8.36Foot Locker$7.99B0.29$12M-$4.03-5.96 Is PLCE or FL more profitable? Children's Place has a net margin of -2.04% compared to Foot Locker's net margin of -4.90%. Foot Locker's return on equity of 2.92% beat Children's Place's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Children's Place-2.04% -10.32% -2.45% Foot Locker -4.90%2.92%1.20% SummaryFoot Locker beats Children's Place on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Foot Locker News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFoot LockerRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.30B$8.13B$27.74B$21.53BDividend YieldN/A2.58%173.91%3.50%P/E Ratio-5.9623.6520.7229.84Price / Sales0.291.218.5052.46Price / Cash6.8618.3917.5118.13Price / Book0.783.595.054.65Net Income$12M$359.92M$872.22M$999.94M7 Day PerformanceN/A2.24%1.21%0.79%1 Month Performance-6.88%14.97%5.29%4.54%1 Year Performance-10.82%13.91%20.39%16.77% Foot Locker Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FLFoot Locker3.1136 of 5 stars$24.03-0.3%$21.33-11.2%-10.8%$2.30B$7.99B-5.9647,306Positive NewsPLCEChildren's Place0.3324 of 5 stars$6.30+15.8%$6.00-4.8%-51.9%$120.59M$1.39B-7.337,900High Trading VolumeBKEBuckle3.1566 of 5 stars$59.43+0.3%$54.00-9.1%+35.3%$3.03B$1.22B14.868,000Dividend AnnouncementBOOTBoot Barn3.47 of 5 stars$187.01+2.4%$182.54-2.4%+14.1%$5.58B$1.91B29.5010,400Positive NewsDKSDICK'S Sporting Goods4.7983 of 5 stars$223.58+1.1%$232.50+4.0%+2.1%$17.71B$13.77B15.6156,100Ex-DividendShort Interest ↑Analyst RevisionNKENIKE4.7694 of 5 stars$74.18+0.4%$78.22+5.5%-7.5%$109.16B$46.31B34.3477,800Positive NewsURBNUrban Outfitters4.4622 of 5 stars$73.01+3.2%$81.91+12.2%+87.9%$6.34B$5.55B14.2629,000Positive NewsANFAbercrombie & Fitch4.1181 of 5 stars$95.48+0.1%$115.25+20.7%-38.4%$4.54B$4.95B9.0339,200Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓Analyst RevisionAEOAmerican Eagle Outfitters3.5985 of 5 stars$18.30-2.7%$13.94-23.8%-7.1%$3.26B$5.33B17.5944,000Analyst UpgradeGESGuess?3.2445 of 5 stars$16.90+0.2%$16.75-0.9%-14.4%$877M$3.00B105.6013,000Positive NewsSCVLShoe Carnival4.1286 of 5 stars$24.29-1.3%N/A-43.5%$672.73M$1.20B10.705,500 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PLCE Alternatives BKE Alternatives BOOT Alternatives DKS Alternatives NKE Alternatives URBN Alternatives ANF Alternatives AEO Alternatives GES Alternatives SCVL Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:FL) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHe Called Nvidia at $1.10. 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