Steven Madden (SHOO) Competitors

Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) and Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is SHOO or CROX more profitable?

Crocs has a net margin of 23.16% compared to Steven Madden's net margin of 7.68%. Crocs' return on equity of 46.27% beat Steven Madden's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steven Madden	7.68%	23.41%	14.45%
Crocs	23.16%	46.27%	16.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHOO or CROX?

Steven Madden received 176 more outperform votes than Crocs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.39% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Crocs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Steven Madden	Outperform Votes 742 68.39%	Underperform Votes 343 31.61%
Crocs	Outperform Votes 566 60.21%	Underperform Votes 374 39.79%

Do analysts rate SHOO or CROX?

Steven Madden currently has a consensus target price of $35.57, suggesting a potential upside of 67.92%. Crocs has a consensus target price of $140.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.86%. Given Steven Madden's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Steven Madden is more favorable than Crocs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Steven Madden	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11
Crocs	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to SHOO or CROX?

In the previous week, Crocs had 12 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Crocs and 11 mentions for Steven Madden. Crocs' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.73 indicating that Crocs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Steven Madden	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crocs	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SHOO or CROX?

Crocs has higher revenue and earnings than Steven Madden. Crocs 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
Steven Madden	$2.28B	0.67	$171.55M	$2.35	9.01
Crocs	$4.10B	1.36	$950.07M	$15.99	6.22

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SHOO or CROX?

99.9% of Steven Madden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Steven Madden shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SHOO or CROX?

Steven Madden has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Crocs beats Steven Madden on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.