SKX vs. SHOO, BIRK, SRAD, RL, BJ, WYNN, SN, CHDN, TTC, and ROKU
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), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Ralph Lauren (RL), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), SharkNinja (SN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Toro (TTC), and Roku (ROKU). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) and Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Steven Madden shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Skechers U.S.A. presently has a consensus price target of $66.83, indicating a potential downside of 2.32%. Steven Madden has a consensus price target of $41.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.22%. Given Steven Madden's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Steven Madden is more favorable than Skechers U.S.A..
Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steven Madden has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steven Madden has a net margin of 8.65% compared to Skechers U.S.A.'s net margin of 7.17%. Steven Madden's return on equity of 22.68% beat Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity.
Skechers U.S.A. received 87 more outperform votes than Steven Madden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.61% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 70.12% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Skechers U.S.A. had 15 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Skechers U.S.A. and 6 mentions for Steven Madden. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.60 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Skechers U.S.A. beats Steven Madden on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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