SCVL vs. AEO, BKE, FL, GES, CAL, ZUMZ, GCO, CTRN, DBI, and PLCE
Should you be buying Shoe Carnival stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shoe Carnival include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Citi Trends (CTRN), Designer Brands (DBI), and Children's Place (PLCE). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Shoe Carnival vs.
Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Eagle Outfitters has higher revenue and earnings than Shoe Carnival. American Eagle Outfitters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoe Carnival, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 6.12% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 4.28%. American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity of 20.75% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.
66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.7% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Shoe Carnival pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 29.8% 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.
American Eagle Outfitters received 664 more outperform votes than Shoe Carnival when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.30% of users gave Shoe Carnival an outperform vote while only 63.30% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Shoe Carnival had 17 more articles in the media than American Eagle Outfitters. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Shoe Carnival and 16 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters. American Eagle Outfitters' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Shoe Carnival's score of 0.49 indicating that American Eagle Outfitters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shoe Carnival currently has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 129.01%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.37%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
Summary
Shoe Carnival and American Eagle Outfitters tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SCVL) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
