Birkenstock (BIRK) Competitors

ON (NYSE:ONON) and Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts prefer ONON or BIRK?

ON currently has a consensus target price of $61.90, indicating a potential upside of 34.70%. Birkenstock has a consensus target price of $68.31, indicating a potential upside of 44.49%. Given Birkenstock's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Birkenstock is more favorable than ON.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ON	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Birkenstock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ONON or BIRK?

Birkenstock has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ON. Birkenstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ON, 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
ON	$2.32B	12.48	$88.67M	$0.83	55.37
Birkenstock	$1.86B	4.77	$207.85M	$1.24	38.13

Does the media favor ONON or BIRK?

In the previous week, ON had 9 more articles in the media than Birkenstock. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for ON and 11 mentions for Birkenstock. ON's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Birkenstock's score of 0.78 indicating that ON is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ON	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Birkenstock	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ONON or BIRK more profitable?

Birkenstock has a net margin of 11.73% compared to ON's net margin of 5.87%. ON's return on equity of 10.69% beat Birkenstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ON	5.87%	10.69%	6.66%
Birkenstock	11.73%	9.52%	5.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ONON or BIRK?

ON received 68 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.54% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 67.22% of users gave ON an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ON	Outperform Votes 121 67.22%	Underperform Votes 59 32.78%
Birkenstock	Outperform Votes 53 81.54%	Underperform Votes 12 18.46%

Which has more risk and volatility, ONON or BIRK?

ON has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birkenstock has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ONON or BIRK?

36.4% of ON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of Birkenstock shares are held by institutional investors. 68.6% of ON shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ON beats Birkenstock on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.