Caleres (CAL) Competitors

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

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 currently has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.99%. Caleres has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.51%. Given Caleres' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Caleres is more favorable than Buckle.

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BKE or CAL?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, BKE or CAL?

Buckle has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caleres has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BKE or CAL?

Caleres received 27 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.33% 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 62.33%	Underperform Votes 246 37.67%

Which has preferable 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	1.68	$219.92M	$3.88	10.36
Caleres	$2.78B	0.21	$171.39M	$3.07	5.64

Does the media prefer BKE or CAL?

In the previous week, Caleres had 26 more articles in the media than Buckle. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Caleres and 12 mentions for Buckle. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Caleres' score of 0.29 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Buckle	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Caleres	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BKE or CAL a better dividend stock?

Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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.

Summary

Buckle beats Caleres on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.