UAA vs. NKE, UA, GIL, BIRK, KTB, ZGN, BRP, CPRI, GOOS, and FIGS
Should you be buying Under Armour stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Under Armour include NIKE (NKE), Under Armour (UA), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Birkenstock (BIRK), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Capri (CPRI), Canada Goose (GOOS), and FIGS (FIGS).
Under Armour vs. Its Competitors
Under Armour (NYSE:UAA) and NIKE (NYSE:NKE) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.
NIKE has higher revenue and earnings than Under Armour. Under Armour is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NIKE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
34.6% of Under Armour shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of NIKE shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Under Armour shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of NIKE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Under Armour has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NIKE has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NIKE had 167 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 172 mentions for NIKE and 5 mentions for Under Armour. NIKE's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Under Armour's score of 0.14 indicating that NIKE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Under Armour currently has a consensus price target of $6.70, suggesting a potential upside of 32.80%. NIKE has a consensus price target of $81.57, suggesting a potential upside of 13.29%. Given Under Armour's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Under Armour is more favorable than NIKE.
NIKE has a net margin of 6.23% compared to Under Armour's net margin of 1.99%. NIKE's return on equity of 21.16% beat Under Armour's return on equity.
Summary
NIKE beats Under Armour on 14 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
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This page (NYSE:UAA) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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