UA vs. BIRK, LEVI, GIL, BRP, KTB, ZGN, UAA, CPRI, GOOS, and FIGS
Should you be buying Under Armour stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Under Armour include Birkenstock (BIRK), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Gildan Activewear (GIL), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UAA), Capri (CPRI), Canada Goose (GOOS), and FIGS (FIGS). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.
Under Armour vs. Its Competitors
Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) and Under Armour (NYSE:UA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
Birkenstock has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Under Armour. Under Armour is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birkenstock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Birkenstock has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Birkenstock has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Under Armour's net margin of -3.90%. Birkenstock's return on equity of 10.22% beat Under Armour's return on equity.
In the previous week, Birkenstock had 5 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Birkenstock and 4 mentions for Under Armour. Under Armour's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Birkenstock's score of 0.37 indicating that Under Armour is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Birkenstock presently has a consensus price target of $68.92, indicating a potential upside of 40.33%. Given Birkenstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Birkenstock is more favorable than Under Armour.
19.9% of Birkenstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of Under Armour shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.6% of Under Armour shares are owned by 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.
Summary
Birkenstock beats Under Armour on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:UA) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
