Under Armour (UA) Competitors

Under Armour (NYSE:UA) and Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Do analysts prefer UA or BIRK?

Under Armour presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.18%. Birkenstock has a consensus target price of $67.19, indicating a potential upside of 19.23%. Given Under Armour's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Under Armour is more favorable than Birkenstock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Under Armour	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Birkenstock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Which has more volatility and risk, UA or BIRK?

Under Armour has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birkenstock has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of UA or BIRK?

36.3% of Under Armour shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of Birkenstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.6% of Under Armour shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer UA or BIRK?

In the previous week, Birkenstock had 39 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Birkenstock and 13 mentions for Under Armour. Birkenstock's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Under Armour's score of 0.57 indicating that Birkenstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Under Armour	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Birkenstock	27 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is UA or BIRK more profitable?

Birkenstock has a net margin of 11.73% compared to Under Armour's net margin of -2.39%. Under Armour's return on equity of 11.03% beat Birkenstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Under Armour	-2.39%	11.03%	4.67%
Birkenstock	11.73%	9.52%	5.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UA or BIRK?

Under Armour received 301 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.42% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 61.51% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Under Armour	Outperform Votes 366 61.51%	Underperform Votes 229 38.49%
Birkenstock	Outperform Votes 65 84.42%	Underperform Votes 12 15.58%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, UA or BIRK?

Under Armour has higher revenue and earnings than Birkenstock. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Under Armour	$5.16B	0.53	$232.04M	-$0.47	-13.47
Birkenstock	$1.96B	5.41	$207.85M	$1.42	39.68

Summary

Birkenstock beats Under Armour on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.