Caleres (CAL) Competitors

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

Is BKE or CAL a better dividend stock?

Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Buckle pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caleres pays out 9.1% 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.

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

53.9% of Buckle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Caleres shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.8% of Buckle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Caleres shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BKE or CAL?

Buckle has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Caleres. Caleres 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
Buckle	$1.22B	1.48	$219.92M	$3.88	9.10
Caleres	$2.72B	0.19	$171.39M	$3.07	5.10

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BKE or CAL?

Caleres received 27 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.23% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Buckle	Outperform Votes 380 56.89%	Underperform Votes 288 43.11%
Caleres	Outperform Votes 407 62.23%	Underperform Votes 247 37.77%

Does the media prefer BKE or CAL?

In the previous week, Buckle had 6 more articles in the media than Caleres. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Buckle and 7 mentions for Caleres. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Caleres' score of 0.71 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Buckle	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Caleres	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, BKE or CAL?

Buckle has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caleres has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BKE or CAL more profitable?

Buckle has a net margin of 16.21% compared to Caleres' net margin of 5.69%. Buckle's return on equity of 44.11% beat Caleres' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Buckle	16.21%	44.11%	21.32%
Caleres	5.69%	22.71%	7.03%

Do analysts rate BKE or CAL?

Buckle presently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.11%. Caleres has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.11%. Given Buckle's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Buckle is more favorable than Caleres.

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

Summary

Buckle beats Caleres on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.