Under Armour (UAA) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BIRK or UAA?

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BIRK or UAA?

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
Birkenstock	$1.96B	5.41	$207.85M	$1.42	39.68
Under Armour	$5.16B	0.56	$232.04M	-$0.47	-14.19

Do analysts recommend BIRK or UAA?

Birkenstock currently has a consensus price target of $67.19, suggesting a potential upside of 19.23%. Under Armour has a consensus price target of $7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.85%. Given Birkenstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Birkenstock is more favorable than Under Armour.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Birkenstock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
Under Armour	2 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11

Does the media favor BIRK or UAA?

In the previous week, Birkenstock had 3 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Birkenstock and 49 mentions for Under Armour. Birkenstock's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Under Armour's score of 0.58 indicating that Birkenstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Birkenstock	27 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Under Armour	8 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BIRK or UAA?

Birkenstock has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BIRK or UAA 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
Birkenstock	11.73%	9.52%	5.08%
Under Armour	-2.39%	11.03%	4.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BIRK or UAA?

Under Armour received 1377 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.42% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 63.92% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Birkenstock	Outperform Votes 65 84.42%	Underperform Votes 12 15.58%
Under Armour	Outperform Votes 1442 63.92%	Underperform Votes 814 36.08%

Summary

Birkenstock beats Under Armour on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.