Caleres (CAL) Competitors

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

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	2.12	$219.92M	$3.94	12.91
Caleres	$2.78B	0.28	$171.39M	$4.49	5.24

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BKE or CAL?

Caleres received 28 more outperform votes than Buckle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.33% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote while only 57.08% of users gave Buckle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Buckle	Outperform Votes 379 57.08%	Underperform Votes 285 42.92%
Caleres	Outperform Votes 407 62.33%	Underperform Votes 246 37.67%

Do institutionals & insiders believe 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Caleres shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BKE or CAL?

Buckle presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.59%. Caleres has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Caleres' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, BKE or CAL?

Buckle has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caleres has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BKE or CAL a better dividend stock?

Buckle pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Buckle pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caleres pays out 6.2% 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.

Does the media refer more to BKE or CAL?

In the previous week, Buckle had 3 more articles in the media than Caleres. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Buckle and 4 mentions for Caleres. Buckle's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Caleres' score of 0.37 indicating that Buckle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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%

Summary

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