CAL vs. AEO, URBN, FL, BKE, GES, SCVL, DBI, ZUMZ, GCO, and CTRN
Should you be buying Caleres stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caleres include American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), Guess? (GES), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Designer Brands (DBI), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), and Citi Trends (CTRN). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Caleres (NYSE:CAL) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
American Eagle Outfitters received 740 more outperform votes than Caleres when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.27% of users gave American Eagle Outfitters an outperform vote while only 62.64% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Eagle Outfitters had 16 more articles in the media than Caleres. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for American Eagle Outfitters and 15 mentions for Caleres. Caleres' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat American Eagle Outfitters' score of 0.52 indicating that Caleres is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. American Eagle Outfitters pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Caleres pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Eagle Outfitters pays out 45.0% 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.
Caleres has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Eagle Outfitters. Caleres is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Eagle Outfitters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Caleres currently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.31%. American Eagle Outfitters has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.84%. Given Caleres' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Caleres is more favorable than American Eagle Outfitters.
Caleres has a net margin of 5.97% compared to American Eagle Outfitters' net margin of 4.12%. Caleres' return on equity of 27.32% beat American Eagle Outfitters' return on equity.
98.4% of Caleres shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Caleres shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of American Eagle Outfitters shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Caleres has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Eagle Outfitters has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Eagle Outfitters beats Caleres on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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