FL vs. ANF, URBN, AEO, BKE, SCVL, CAL, GES, GCO, ZUMZ, and DBI
Should you be buying Foot Locker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foot Locker include Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), and Designer Brands (DBI). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Foot Locker vs.
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus price target of $182.25, indicating a potential upside of 39.82%. Foot Locker has a consensus price target of $25.18, indicating a potential upside of 23.16%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Foot Locker.
In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 32 more articles in the media than Foot Locker. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 5 mentions for Foot Locker. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Foot Locker's score of 0.26 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Foot Locker received 266 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.14% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Foot Locker's net margin of -5.24%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 46.50% beat Foot Locker's return on equity.
Abercrombie & Fitch has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Foot Locker. Foot Locker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abercrombie & Fitch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foot Locker has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Abercrombie & Fitch beats Foot Locker on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FL) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
