UAA vs. BIRK, GIL, LEVI, BRP, KTB, ZGN, UA, 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), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UA), 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:UAA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Birkenstock presently has a consensus target price of $68.07, suggesting a potential upside of 26.18%. Under Armour has a consensus target price of $7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.29%. Given Birkenstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Birkenstock is more favorable than Under Armour.
In the previous week, Birkenstock had 6 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Birkenstock and 3 mentions for Under Armour. Birkenstock's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Under Armour's score of 0.43 indicating that Birkenstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Birkenstock has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
19.9% of Birkenstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Under Armour shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.6% of Under Armour shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Under Armour received 1376 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 63.89% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote.
Summary
Birkenstock beats Under Armour on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UAA) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff