GES vs. AEO, URBN, FL, BKE, CAL, SCVL, DBI, ZUMZ, GCO, and CTRN
Should you be buying Guess? stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guess? include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Designer Brands (DBI), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), and Citi Trends (CTRN). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Guess? (NYSE:GES) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Guess? has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 30.3% of Guess? shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Eagle Outfitters received 666 more outperform votes than Guess? when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.27% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 54.26% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.
Guess? has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Eagle Outfitters. Guess? is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guess? presently has a consensus price target of $31.25, suggesting a potential upside of 34.29%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.79%. Given Guess?'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Guess? is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
Guess? has a net margin of 7.97% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 4.12%. Guess?'s return on equity of 26.90% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.
In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 11 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 21 mentions for Guess?. American Eagle Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Guess?'s score of 0.44 indicating that American Eagle Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Guess? pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Guess? is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters beats Guess? on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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