Steven Madden (SHOO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SKX or SHOO?

80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Steven Madden shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SKX or SHOO?

Skechers U.S.A. has higher revenue and earnings than Steven Madden. Skechers U.S.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steven Madden, 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
Skechers U.S.A.	$8.97B	1.06	$639.47M	$4.15	15.21
Steven Madden	$1.97B	1.40	$171.55M	$2.35	16.24

Do analysts recommend SKX or SHOO?

Skechers U.S.A. presently has a consensus target price of $81.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.68%. Steven Madden has a consensus target price of $43.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.22%. Given Skechers U.S.A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Skechers U.S.A. is more favorable than Steven Madden.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skechers U.S.A.	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Steven Madden	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the media refer more to SKX or SHOO?

In the previous week, Skechers U.S.A. had 4 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Skechers U.S.A. and 12 mentions for Steven Madden. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.33 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Skechers U.S.A.	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Steven Madden	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SKX or SHOO?

Skechers U.S.A. received 107 more outperform votes than Steven Madden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.75% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 68.83% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Skechers U.S.A.	Outperform Votes 849 70.75%	Underperform Votes 351 29.25%
Steven Madden	Outperform Votes 742 68.83%	Underperform Votes 336 31.17%

Is SKX or SHOO more profitable?

Steven Madden has a net margin of 7.68% compared to Skechers U.S.A.'s net margin of 7.13%. Steven Madden's return on equity of 23.41% beat Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skechers U.S.A.	7.13%	13.73%	7.83%
Steven Madden	7.68%	23.41%	14.45%

Which has more risk & volatility, SKX or SHOO?

Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steven Madden has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Skechers U.S.A. beats Steven Madden on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.