Steven Madden (SHOO) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SHOO or CROX?

Steven Madden currently has a consensus price target of $40.33, indicating a potential upside of 70.54%. Crocs has a consensus price target of $144.53, indicating a potential upside of 50.60%. Given Steven Madden's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Crocs	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

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

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	0.75	$171.55M	$2.35	10.06
Crocs	$4.10B	1.31	$950.07M	$15.99	6.00

Which has more risk and volatility, SHOO or CROX?

Steven Madden has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SHOO or CROX?

In the previous week, Crocs had 16 more articles in the media than Steven Madden. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Crocs and 7 mentions for Steven Madden. Crocs' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Steven Madden's score of 0.71 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crocs	15 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHOO or CROX?

Steven Madden received 178 more outperform votes than Crocs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.51% of users gave Steven Madden an outperform vote while only 60.13% of users gave Crocs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Steven Madden	Outperform Votes 742 68.51%	Underperform Votes 341 31.49%
Crocs	Outperform Votes 564 60.13%	Underperform Votes 374 39.87%

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%

Summary

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