SKX vs. DECK, CROX, SHOO, WWW, NKE, BIRK, CAL, RCKY, RCL, and EA
Should you be buying Skechers U.S.A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skechers U.S.A. include Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Crocs (CROX), Steven Madden (SHOO), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), NIKE (NKE), Birkenstock (BIRK), Caleres (CAL), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), and Electronic Arts (EA).
Deckers Outdoor (NYSE:DECK) and Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Deckers Outdoor received 355 more outperform votes than Skechers U.S.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.86% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 69.57% of users gave Deckers Outdoor an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Deckers Outdoor had 4 more articles in the media than Skechers U.S.A.. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Deckers Outdoor and 8 mentions for Skechers U.S.A.. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Deckers Outdoor's score of 0.53 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Deckers Outdoor presently has a consensus target price of $1,057.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.04%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus target price of $76.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.04%. Given Skechers U.S.A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Skechers U.S.A. is more favorable than Deckers Outdoor.
97.8% of Deckers Outdoor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Deckers Outdoor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Deckers Outdoor has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Deckers Outdoor has a net margin of 18.45% compared to Skechers U.S.A.'s net margin of 6.90%. Deckers Outdoor's return on equity of 40.52% beat Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity.
Deckers Outdoor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Skechers U.S.A.. Skechers U.S.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deckers Outdoor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Deckers Outdoor beats Skechers U.S.A. on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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