BKE vs. URBN, AEO, ANF, JWN, SAH, CAKE, BLMN, WMK, FL, and CNXN
Should you be buying Buckle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Buckle include Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Nordstrom (JWN), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Weis Markets (WMK), Foot Locker (FL), and PC Connection (CNXN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) and Buckle (NYSE:BKE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Buckle has a net margin of 17.44% compared to Buckle's net margin of 5.58%. Urban Outfitters' return on equity of 50.88% beat Buckle's return on equity.
77.6% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Buckle shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.8% of Urban Outfitters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.8% of Buckle shares are owned 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, Urban Outfitters had 3 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Urban Outfitters and 12 mentions for Buckle. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Urban Outfitters' score of 0.63 indicating that Urban Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Urban Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than Buckle. Buckle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Urban Outfitters received 892 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.87% of users gave Urban Outfitters an outperform vote while only 57.32% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.
Urban Outfitters presently has a consensus price target of $39.75, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. Buckle has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.93%. Given Buckle's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Urban Outfitters is more favorable than Buckle.
Urban Outfitters has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Buckle has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Urban Outfitters beats Buckle on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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