Designer Brands (DBI) Competitors

Designer Brands (NYSE:DBI) and Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DBI or SCVL?

Designer Brands received 180 more outperform votes than Shoe Carnival when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.30% of users gave Shoe Carnival an outperform vote while only 59.33% of users gave Designer Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Designer Brands	Outperform Votes 668 59.33%	Underperform Votes 458 40.67%
Shoe Carnival	Outperform Votes 488 66.30%	Underperform Votes 248 33.70%

Which has better earnings & valuation, DBI or SCVL?

Shoe Carnival has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Designer Brands. Designer Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoe Carnival, 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
Designer Brands	$3.05B	0.10	$29.06M	-$0.03	-186.67
Shoe Carnival	$1.22B	0.77	$73.35M	$2.72	12.74

Do analysts rate DBI or SCVL?

Designer Brands presently has a consensus price target of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.68%. Shoe Carnival has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shoe Carnival is more favorable than Designer Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Designer Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Shoe Carnival	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor DBI or SCVL?

In the previous week, Shoe Carnival had 4 more articles in the media than Designer Brands. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Shoe Carnival and 0 mentions for Designer Brands. Shoe Carnival's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Designer Brands' score of -1.00 indicating that Shoe Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Designer Brands	Negative
Shoe Carnival	Neutral

Is DBI or SCVL a better dividend stock?

Designer Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Designer Brands pays out -666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shoe Carnival pays out 19.9% 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. Designer Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of DBI or SCVL?

88.8% of Designer Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. 63.1% of Designer Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Shoe Carnival shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, DBI or SCVL?

Designer Brands has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DBI or SCVL more profitable?

Shoe Carnival has a net margin of 6.12% compared to Designer Brands' net margin of -0.07%. Shoe Carnival's return on equity of 12.52% beat Designer Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Designer Brands	-0.07%	3.18%	0.52%
Shoe Carnival	6.12%	12.52%	6.97%

Summary

Shoe Carnival beats Designer Brands on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.