SKX vs. DECK, CROX, SHOO, WWW, NKE, BIRK, CAL, RCKY, LULU, and CHTR
Should you be buying Skechers U.S.A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skechers U.S.A. include Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Crocs (CROX), Steven Madden (SHOO), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), NIKE (NKE), Birkenstock (BIRK), Caleres (CAL), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), and Charter Communications (CHTR).
Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) and Deckers Outdoor (NYSE:DECK) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deckers Outdoor has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Deckers Outdoor has a net margin of 17.69% compared to Skechers U.S.A.'s net margin of 7.17%. Deckers Outdoor's return on equity of 38.85% beat Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity.
In the previous week, Deckers Outdoor had 9 more articles in the media than Skechers U.S.A.. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Deckers Outdoor and 14 mentions for Skechers U.S.A.. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Deckers Outdoor's score of 0.91 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Deckers Outdoor received 352 more outperform votes than Skechers U.S.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.66% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 69.46% of users gave Deckers Outdoor an outperform vote.
Deckers Outdoor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Skechers U.S.A.. Skechers U.S.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deckers Outdoor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Skechers U.S.A. currently has a consensus target price of $69.42, indicating a potential downside of 4.74%. Deckers Outdoor has a consensus target price of $1,018.44, indicating a potential downside of 2.48%. Given Deckers Outdoor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Deckers Outdoor is more favorable than Skechers U.S.A..
80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Deckers Outdoor shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Deckers Outdoor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Deckers Outdoor beats Skechers U.S.A. on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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