FL vs. ANF, GPS, AEO, URBN, BKE, CAL, GES, SCVL, DBI, and ZUMZ
Should you be buying Foot Locker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foot Locker include Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), GAP (GPS), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Designer Brands (DBI), and Zumiez (ZUMZ). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) and Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 9.53% compared to Foot Locker's net margin of -4.41%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 44.83% beat Foot Locker's return on equity.
In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 33 more articles in the media than Foot Locker. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 38 mentions for Foot Locker. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Foot Locker's score of 0.49 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Foot Locker has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Abercrombie & Fitch has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Foot Locker. Foot Locker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abercrombie & Fitch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Foot Locker currently has a consensus price target of $24.80, indicating a potential downside of 10.57%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus price target of $174.14, indicating a potential upside of 0.74%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Foot Locker.
Foot Locker received 271 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote.
Summary
Abercrombie & Fitch beats Foot Locker on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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