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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

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%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	0.09	$29.06M	-$0.03	-191.17
Shoe Carnival	$1.18B	0.69	$73.35M	$2.72	11.01

Does the media favor DBI or SCVL?

In the previous week, Designer Brands had 2 more articles in the media than Shoe Carnival. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Designer Brands and 1 mentions for Shoe Carnival. Designer Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Shoe Carnival's score of 0.55 indicating that Designer Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Designer Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shoe Carnival	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 59.22% of users gave Designer Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Designer Brands	Outperform Votes 668 59.22%	Underperform Votes 460 40.78%
Shoe Carnival	Outperform Votes 488 66.30%	Underperform Votes 248 33.70%

Do analysts prefer DBI or SCVL?

Designer Brands currently has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.26%. Shoe Carnival has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.23%. Given Shoe Carnival's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

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 3.5%. Shoe Carnival pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. Shoe Carnival has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Designer Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, DBI or SCVL?

Designer Brands has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoe Carnival has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shoe Carnival beats Designer Brands on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.