Buckle (BKE) Competitors

Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) and Buckle (NYSE:BKE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do analysts recommend SCVL or BKE?

Shoe Carnival currently has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 148.18%. Buckle has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.17%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than Buckle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shoe Carnival	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Buckle	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SCVL or BKE?

Buckle has higher revenue and earnings than Shoe Carnival. Shoe Carnival is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Buckle, 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	$1.20B	0.47	$73.77M	$2.39	8.60
Buckle	$1.22B	2.21	$195.47M	$3.89	13.54

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

66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Buckle shares are held by institutional investors. 35.5% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of Buckle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SCVL or BKE a better dividend stock?

Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Shoe Carnival pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Buckle pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Shoe Carnival has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Shoe Carnival is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is SCVL or BKE more profitable?

Buckle has a net margin of 15.95% compared to Shoe Carnival's net margin of 5.58%. Buckle's return on equity of 43.13% beat Shoe Carnival's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shoe Carnival	5.58%	10.43%	5.92%
Buckle	15.95%	43.13%	20.57%

Which has more volatility & risk, SCVL or BKE?

Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Buckle has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SCVL or BKE?

In the previous week, Buckle had 9 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Buckle and 0 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Shoe Carnival's score of 0.84 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shoe Carnival	Positive
Buckle	Positive

Summary

Buckle beats Shoe Carnival on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.