BOOT vs. FL, SCVL, RUSHB, HGTY, KSS, RUSHA, JWN, ACVA, SG, and EAT
Should you be buying Boot Barn stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boot Barn include Foot Locker (FL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Hagerty (HGTY), Kohl's (KSS), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Nordstrom (JWN), ACV Auctions (ACVA), Sweetgreen (SG), and Brinker International (EAT). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Boot Barn (NYSE:BOOT) and Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Foot Locker received 964 more outperform votes than Boot Barn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.90% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave Boot Barn an outperform vote.
Boot Barn has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Foot Locker. Foot Locker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boot Barn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boot Barn has a net margin of 8.82% compared to Foot Locker's net margin of -4.04%. Boot Barn's return on equity of 16.84% beat Foot Locker's return on equity.
Boot Barn has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foot Locker has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Boot Barn had 47 more articles in the media than Foot Locker. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Boot Barn and 11 mentions for Foot Locker. Boot Barn's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Foot Locker's score of 0.38 indicating that Boot Barn is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Boot Barn presently has a consensus price target of $109.55, indicating a potential downside of 3.69%. Foot Locker has a consensus price target of $24.56, indicating a potential upside of 12.11%. Given Foot Locker's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Foot Locker is more favorable than Boot Barn.
Summary
Boot Barn beats Foot Locker on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Boot Barn News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BOOT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BOOT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Boot Barn Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
