UAA vs. BIRK, LEVI, GIL, 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), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Gildan Activewear (GIL), 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 mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Birkenstock currently has a consensus price target of $69.27, suggesting a potential upside of 41.29%. Under Armour has a consensus price target of $7.31, suggesting a potential upside of 1.19%. Given Birkenstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Birkenstock is more favorable than Under Armour.
19.9% of Birkenstock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Under Armour shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Under Armour shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Birkenstock had 4 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Birkenstock and 7 mentions for Under Armour. Under Armour's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Birkenstock's score of 0.37 indicating that Under Armour is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Birkenstock beats Under Armour on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:UAA) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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