Zumiez (ZUMZ) Competitors

Caleres (NYSE:CAL) and Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CAL or ZUMZ?

98.4% of Caleres shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Zumiez shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Caleres shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Zumiez shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CAL or ZUMZ?

In the previous week, Caleres had 4 more articles in the media than Zumiez. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Caleres and 3 mentions for Zumiez. Caleres' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Zumiez's score of 1.45 indicating that Caleres is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Caleres	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Zumiez	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAL or ZUMZ?

Zumiez received 168 more outperform votes than Caleres when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.23% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote while only 47.84% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Caleres	Outperform Votes 407 62.23%	Underperform Votes 247 37.77%
Zumiez	Outperform Votes 575 47.84%	Underperform Votes 627 52.16%

Which has more volatility and risk, CAL or ZUMZ?

Caleres has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zumiez has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CAL or ZUMZ?

Caleres presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.28%. Zumiez has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 85.19%. Given Zumiez's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Zumiez is more favorable than Caleres.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Caleres	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Zumiez	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CAL or ZUMZ?

Caleres has higher revenue and earnings than Zumiez. Zumiez is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caleres, 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
Caleres	$2.72B	0.19	$171.39M	$3.07	5.05
Zumiez	$889.20M	0.26	-$62.61M	-$0.06	-198.00

Is CAL or ZUMZ more profitable?

Caleres has a net margin of 5.69% compared to Zumiez's net margin of -5.60%. Caleres' return on equity of 22.71% beat Zumiez's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caleres	5.69%	22.71%	7.03%
Zumiez	-5.60%	-2.67%	-1.34%

Summary

Caleres beats Zumiez on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.