Zumiez (ZUMZ) Competitors

Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) and Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is SCVL or ZUMZ more profitable?

Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 6.12% compared to Zumiez's net margin of -5.60%. Shoe Carnival's return on equity of 12.52% beat Zumiez's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shoe Carnival	6.12%	12.52%	6.97%
Zumiez	-5.60%	-2.67%	-1.34%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SCVL or ZUMZ?

Zumiez received 87 more outperform votes than Shoe Carnival when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.30% of users gave Shoe Carnival an outperform vote while only 47.84% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shoe Carnival	Outperform Votes 488 66.30%	Underperform Votes 248 33.70%
Zumiez	Outperform Votes 575 47.84%	Underperform Votes 627 52.16%

Which has more risk & volatility, SCVL or ZUMZ?

Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zumiez has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SCVL or ZUMZ?

In the previous week, Shoe Carnival and Shoe Carnival both had 3 articles in the media. Zumiez's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Shoe Carnival's score of 0.34 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shoe Carnival	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Zumiez	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SCVL or ZUMZ?

Shoe Carnival presently has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.35%. Zumiez has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.97%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than Zumiez.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shoe Carnival	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Zumiez	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SCVL or ZUMZ?

Shoe Carnival has higher revenue and earnings than Zumiez. Zumiez is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoe Carnival, 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
Shoe Carnival	$1.18B	0.64	$73.35M	$2.72	10.20
Zumiez	$875.49M	0.36	-$62.61M	-$2.57	-6.34

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SCVL or ZUMZ?

66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Zumiez shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Zumiez shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Shoe Carnival beats Zumiez on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.