SKX vs. SHOO, BIRK, SN, TTC, CZR, MTN, CHDN, PSO, ROKU, and LNW
Should you be buying Skechers U.S.A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skechers U.S.A. include Steven Madden (SHOO), Birkenstock (BIRK), SharkNinja (SN), Toro (TTC), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Vail Resorts (MTN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Pearson (PSO), Roku (ROKU), and Light & Wonder (LNW). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) and Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Skechers U.S.A. has higher revenue and earnings than Steven Madden. Skechers U.S.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steven Madden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Steven Madden currently has a consensus target price of $41.38, suggesting a potential upside of 3.49%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus target price of $66.17, suggesting a potential upside of 12.03%. Given Steven Madden's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Skechers U.S.A. is more favorable than Steven Madden.
99.9% of Steven Madden shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Steven Madden shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Steven Madden has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Skechers U.S.A. received 85 more outperform votes than Steven Madden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.56% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 70.26% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote.
Steven Madden has a net margin of 8.67% compared to Steven Madden's net margin of 6.82%. Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity of 21.61% beat Steven Madden's return on equity.
In the previous week, Skechers U.S.A. had 11 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Skechers U.S.A. and 4 mentions for Steven Madden. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.27 indicating that Steven Madden is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Skechers U.S.A. beats Steven Madden on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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