Shoe Carnival (SCVL) Competitors

Buckle (NYSE:BKE) and Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is BKE or SCVL more profitable?

Buckle has a net margin of 16.21% compared to Shoe Carnival's net margin of 6.12%. Buckle's return on equity of 44.11% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Buckle	16.21%	44.11%	21.32%
Shoe Carnival	6.12%	12.52%	6.97%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BKE or SCVL?

Shoe Carnival received 108 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Shoe Carnival an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Buckle	Outperform Votes 380 57.06%	Underperform Votes 286 42.94%
Shoe Carnival	Outperform Votes 488 66.30%	Underperform Votes 248 33.70%

Does the media prefer BKE or SCVL?

In the previous week, Buckle had 1 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Buckle and 1 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Shoe Carnival's score of -1.04 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Buckle	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shoe Carnival	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do analysts prefer BKE or SCVL?

Buckle presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.01%. Shoe Carnival has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 133.03%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than Buckle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Buckle	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Shoe Carnival	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BKE or SCVL?

Buckle has higher revenue and earnings than Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Buckle, 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
Buckle	$1.26B	1.65	$219.92M	$3.94	10.42
Shoe Carnival	$1.18B	0.51	$73.35M	$2.72	8.05

Which has more volatility & risk, BKE or SCVL?

Buckle has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BKE or SCVL?

53.9% of Buckle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.8% of Buckle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Shoe Carnival 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.

Is BKE or SCVL a better dividend stock?

Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Buckle pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shoe Carnival pays out 19.9% 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 13 consecutive years.

Summary

Buckle beats Shoe Carnival on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.