Crocs (CROX) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CROX or SKX?

Crocs has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and 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	1.52	$792.57M	$13.79	7.69
Skechers U.S.A.	$8.00B	1.16	$545.80M	$4.06	15.19

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CROX or SKX?

Skechers U.S.A. received 289 more outperform votes than Crocs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.91% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Crocs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crocs	Outperform Votes 552 59.87%	Underperform Votes 370 40.13%
Skechers U.S.A.	Outperform Votes 841 70.91%	Underperform Votes 345 29.09%

Does the media prefer CROX or SKX?

In the previous week, Skechers U.S.A. had 2 more articles in the media than Crocs. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Skechers U.S.A. and 12 mentions for Crocs. Crocs' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Skechers U.S.A.'s score of 0.85 indicating that Crocs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crocs	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Skechers U.S.A.	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CROX or SKX?

93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. 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.

Do analysts rate CROX or SKX?

Crocs currently has a consensus target price of $148.80, suggesting a potential upside of 40.27%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus target price of $78.09, suggesting a potential upside of 26.59%. Given Crocs' higher possible upside, equities 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Summary

Crocs beats Skechers U.S.A. on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.