Crocs (CROX) Competitors

Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) and Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CROX or SKX?

93.4% of Crocs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Crocs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CROX or SKX?

Crocs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Skechers U.S.A.. Crocs 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crocs	$4.07B	1.60	$792.57M	$13.79	8.11
Skechers U.S.A.	$8.72B	1.17	$545.80M	$4.06	16.66

Which has more risk & volatility, CROX or SKX?

Crocs has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CROX or SKX more profitable?

Crocs has a net margin of 20.50% compared to Skechers U.S.A.'s net margin of 7.19%. Crocs' return on equity of 49.70% beat Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crocs	20.50%	49.70%	16.93%
Skechers U.S.A.	7.19%	13.71%	7.90%

Do analysts rate CROX or SKX?

Crocs currently has a consensus price target of $148.80, suggesting a potential upside of 33.02%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus price target of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.82%. Given Crocs' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Crocs is more favorable than Skechers U.S.A..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crocs	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Skechers U.S.A.	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CROX or SKX?

Skechers U.S.A. received 288 more outperform votes than Crocs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.82% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 59.89% of users gave Crocs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crocs	Outperform Votes 554 59.89%	Underperform Votes 371 40.11%
Skechers U.S.A.	Outperform Votes 842 70.82%	Underperform Votes 347 29.18%

Does the media refer more to CROX or SKX?

In the previous week, Skechers U.S.A. had 2 more articles in the media than Crocs. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Skechers U.S.A. and 4 mentions for Crocs. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Crocs' score of 0.86 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crocs	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Skechers U.S.A.	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Crocs beats Skechers U.S.A. on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.