SHOO vs. SKX, CROX, WWW, NKE, DECK, BIRK, CAL, RCKY, HTHT, and MGM
Should you be buying Steven Madden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steven Madden include Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Crocs (CROX), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), NIKE (NKE), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Birkenstock (BIRK), Caleres (CAL), Rocky Brands (RCKY), H World Group (HTHT), and MGM Resorts International (MGM).
Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) and Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Skechers U.S.A. received 88 more outperform votes than Steven Madden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.63% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 70.12% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote.
Steven Madden has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steven Madden currently has a consensus target price of $41.75, indicating a potential downside of 5.24%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus target price of $67.75, indicating a potential downside of 3.79%. Given Skechers U.S.A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Skechers U.S.A. is more favorable than Steven Madden.
99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Steven Madden shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Steven Madden had 3 more articles in the media than Skechers U.S.A.. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Steven Madden and 8 mentions for Skechers U.S.A.. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.24 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Skechers U.S.A. has higher revenue and earnings than Steven Madden. Steven Madden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skechers U.S.A., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Steven Madden has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Skechers U.S.A.'s net margin of 7.17%. Steven Madden's return on equity of 22.68% beat Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity.
Summary
Skechers U.S.A. beats Steven Madden on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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