FL vs. SCVL, DBI, BOOT, SAH, PZZA, BKE, ODP, PLAY, ARHS, and CAKE
Should you be buying Foot Locker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foot Locker include Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Designer Brands (DBI), Boot Barn (BOOT), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Papa John's International (PZZA), Buckle (BKE), ODP (ODP), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Arhaus (ARHS), and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) and Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foot Locker has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Foot Locker had 5 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Foot Locker and 0 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Foot Locker's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Shoe Carnival's score of 0.03 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 6.24% compared to Shoe Carnival's net margin of -4.04%. Foot Locker's return on equity of 13.17% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.
66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. 34.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Foot Locker shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Shoe Carnival has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Foot Locker. Foot Locker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoe Carnival, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shoe Carnival presently has a consensus target price of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.32%. Foot Locker has a consensus target price of $24.56, suggesting a potential upside of 4.03%. Given Foot Locker's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than Foot Locker.
Foot Locker received 992 more outperform votes than Shoe Carnival when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.93% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 66.44% of users gave Shoe Carnival an outperform vote.
Summary
Shoe Carnival beats Foot Locker on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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