CLAR vs. ESCA, JOUT, AOUT, GPRO, RCKY, WEYS, EM, HBB, POWW, and LCUT
Should you be buying Clarus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clarus include Escalade (ESCA), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), GoPro (GPRO), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Weyco Group (WEYS), Smart Share Global (EM), Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB), AMMO (POWW), and Lifetime Brands (LCUT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Clarus (NASDAQ:CLAR) and Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Clarus has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Escalade has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clarus presently has a consensus price target of $9.92, suggesting a potential upside of 43.10%. Given Clarus' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clarus is more favorable than Escalade.
Clarus pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Escalade pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Clarus pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Escalade pays out 65.9% 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.
In the previous week, Escalade had 12 more articles in the media than Clarus. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Escalade and 2 mentions for Clarus. Clarus' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Escalade's score of -0.16 indicating that Clarus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Escalade has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clarus. Escalade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.3% of Clarus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Escalade shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Clarus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Escalade shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Escalade has a net margin of 4.76% compared to Clarus' net margin of 3.08%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.74% beat Clarus' return on equity.
Clarus received 91 more outperform votes than Escalade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Escalade an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave Clarus an outperform vote.
Summary
Clarus and Escalade tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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