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$25.19 +0.07 (+0.28%)
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FL vs. PLCE, BKE, BOOT, DKS, NKE, URBN, ANF, AEO, GES, and SCVL

Should 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 (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

In the previous week, Foot Locker had 4 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Foot Locker and 0 mentions for Children's Place. Foot Locker's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Children's Place's score of 0.94 indicating that Foot Locker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Children's Place Positive
Foot Locker Positive

Children's Place presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.50%. Foot Locker has a consensus price target of $21.20, suggesting a potential downside of 15.84%. Given Children's Place's higher probable upside, equities 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)
2.00
Foot Locker
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Foot Locker has higher revenue and earnings than Children's Place. Foot Locker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Children's Place, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Children's Place$1.39B0.08-$57.82M-$3.13-1.65
Foot Locker$7.99B0.30$12M-$3.77-6.68

Children's Place has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foot Locker has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Children's Place has a net margin of -3.97% compared to Foot Locker's net margin of -4.54%. Foot Locker's return on equity of 3.65% beat Children's Place's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Children's Place-3.97% -10.32% -1.49%
Foot Locker -4.54%3.65%1.52%

Summary

Foot Locker beats Children's Place on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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FL vs. The Competition

MetricFoot LockerRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.40B$7.54B$26.36B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%177.12%3.65%
P/E Ratio-6.6865.1129.8327.55
Price / Sales0.301.266.0659.17
Price / Cash7.1816.7648.2622.29
Price / Book0.822.995.654.66
Net Income$12M$372.42M$876.41M$994.58M
7 Day Performance0.56%-1.09%-0.68%-0.29%
1 Month Performance4.98%4.78%6.88%4.91%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-3.80%22.45%10.53%

Foot Locker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FL
Foot Locker
3.7117 of 5 stars
$25.19
+0.3%
$21.20
-15.8%
-4.9%$2.40B$7.99B-6.6847,306News Coverage
PLCE
Children's Place
0.5962 of 5 stars
$4.99
+0.2%
$6.00
+20.2%
-34.3%$110.63M$1.39B-1.597,900
BKE
Buckle
2.6765 of 5 stars
$48.36
+2.1%
$41.00
-15.2%
+18.4%$2.47B$1.22B12.438,000Ex-Dividend
BOOT
Boot Barn
3.9746 of 5 stars
$170.79
-0.1%
$173.67
+1.7%
+38.2%$5.22B$1.91B29.1510,400Positive News
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.7531 of 5 stars
$208.87
-0.5%
$219.56
+5.1%
-2.1%$16.72B$13.60B14.9456,100
NKE
NIKE
4.3701 of 5 stars
$72.39
-0.3%
$77.15
+6.6%
-0.1%$107.07B$46.31B33.5179,400Positive News
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URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.4003 of 5 stars
$72.10
-0.2%
$74.09
+2.8%
+53.7%$6.46B$5.55B15.0829,000
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
3.2241 of 5 stars
$92.26
+3.3%
$110.63
+19.9%
-40.1%$4.40B$4.95B9.0839,200
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.5227 of 5 stars
$10.18
+2.8%
$14.70
+44.5%
-50.9%$1.76B$5.33B10.3844,000News Coverage
GES
Guess?
2.275 of 5 stars
$12.73
-0.8%
$12.50
-1.8%
-44.8%$661.95M$3.00B-53.0213,000
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.6871 of 5 stars
$21.00
-1.5%
$51.00
+142.9%
-48.4%$574.14M$1.20B8.795,500Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FL) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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