SHOO vs. WWW, RCKY, SKX, CAL, BIRK, MODG, UAA, UA, RLX, and SVV
Should you be buying Steven Madden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steven Madden include Wolverine World Wide (WWW), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Caleres (CAL), Birkenstock (BIRK), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Under Armour (UAA), Under Armour (UA), RLX Technology (RLX), and Savers Value Village (SVV). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) and Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
90.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Wolverine World Wide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Steven Madden shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Steven Madden received 295 more outperform votes than Wolverine World Wide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.19% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote while only 50.98% of users gave Wolverine World Wide an outperform vote.
Wolverine World Wide pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Steven Madden pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Wolverine World Wide pays out -78.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steven Madden pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Wolverine World Wide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Wolverine World Wide has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steven Madden has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steven Madden has a net margin of 8.67% compared to Steven Madden's net margin of -1.77%. Wolverine World Wide's return on equity of 21.61% beat Steven Madden's return on equity.
In the previous week, Steven Madden had 9 more articles in the media than Wolverine World Wide. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Steven Madden and 7 mentions for Wolverine World Wide. Wolverine World Wide's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.46 indicating that Steven Madden is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wolverine World Wide currently has a consensus price target of $10.63, indicating a potential downside of 1.07%. Steven Madden has a consensus price target of $41.38, indicating a potential upside of 2.39%. Given Wolverine World Wide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Steven Madden is more favorable than Wolverine World Wide.
Steven Madden has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Wolverine World Wide. Wolverine World Wide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steven Madden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Steven Madden beats Wolverine World Wide on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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