Foot Locker (FL) Competitors

Designer Brands (NYSE:DBI) and Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DBI or FL?

Foot Locker received 804 more outperform votes than Designer Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.67% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 60.18% of users gave Designer Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Designer Brands	Outperform Votes 668 60.18%	Underperform Votes 442 39.82%
Foot Locker	Outperform Votes 1472 70.67%	Underperform Votes 611 29.33%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DBI or FL?

Foot Locker has higher revenue and earnings than Designer Brands. Designer Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foot Locker, 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
Designer Brands	$3.16B	0.23	$162.68M	$2.04	6.20
Foot Locker	$8.76B	0.19	$342M	$1.54	11.53

Is DBI or FL a better dividend stock?

Designer Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Foot Locker pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Designer Brands pays out 9.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Foot Locker pays out 103.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Foot Locker has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Foot Locker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is DBI or FL more profitable?

Designer Brands has a net margin of 4.40% compared to Designer Brands' net margin of 1.76%. Foot Locker's return on equity of 24.35% beat Designer Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Designer Brands	4.40%	24.35%	4.94%
Foot Locker	1.76%	8.65%	3.67%

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

82.9% of Designer Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Designer Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Foot Locker shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, DBI or FL?

Designer Brands has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foot Locker has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DBI or FL?

Designer Brands currently has a consensus target price of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.31%. Foot Locker has a consensus target price of $27.83, suggesting a potential upside of 56.72%. Given Designer Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Foot Locker is more favorable than Designer Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Designer Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Foot Locker	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Does the media prefer DBI or FL?

In the previous week, Foot Locker had 3 more articles in the media than Designer Brands. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Foot Locker and 7 mentions for Designer Brands. Designer Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Foot Locker's score of -0.45 indicating that Foot Locker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Designer Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Foot Locker	2 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Foot Locker beats Designer Brands on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.