SKX vs. SHOO, BIRK, CHDN, BJ, SRAD, RL, WYNN, SN, TTC, and LNW
Should you be buying Skechers U.S.A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skechers U.S.A. include Steven Madden (SHOO), Birkenstock (BIRK), Churchill Downs (CHDN), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Ralph Lauren (RL), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), SharkNinja (SN), Toro (TTC), and Light & Wonder (LNW). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
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 companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Steven Madden has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Steven Madden's net margin of 7.17%. Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity of 22.68% beat Steven Madden's return on equity.
Steven Madden has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Skechers U.S.A. received 86 more outperform votes than Steven Madden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.58% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 70.19% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote.
Steven Madden currently has a consensus price target of $41.38, suggesting a potential upside of 0.01%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus price target of $66.83, suggesting a potential downside of 1.40%. Given Skechers U.S.A.'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Steven Madden is more favorable than Skechers U.S.A..
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Steven Madden had 7 more articles in the media than Skechers U.S.A.. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Steven Madden and 4 mentions for Skechers U.S.A.. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.68 indicating that Steven Madden is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Skechers U.S.A. beats Steven Madden on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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