SCVL vs. AEO, GES, CAL, CTRN, ZUMZ, GCO, DBI, PLCE, CATO, and TLYS
Should you be buying Shoe Carnival stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shoe Carnival include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Citi Trends (CTRN), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Designer Brands (DBI), Children's Place (PLCE), Cato (CATO), and Tilly's (TLYS). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Shoe Carnival vs. Its Competitors
Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.
Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Shoe Carnival pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 51.0% 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. Shoe Carnival has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and American Eagle Outfitters has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Eagle Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival 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.
66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 35.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Shoe Carnival had 1 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Shoe Carnival and 2 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. Shoe Carnival's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.47 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 5.58% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 3.73%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 13.34% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.
Shoe Carnival currently has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 148.71%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $14.70, indicating a potential upside of 49.79%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
Summary
Shoe Carnival beats American Eagle Outfitters on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SCVL) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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