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Foot Locker (FL) Competitors

$24.59
-0.10 (-0.41%)
(As of 10/18/2024 ET)

FL vs. ANF, AEO, URBN, BKE, CAL, SCVL, GES, ZUMZ, DBI, and GCO

Should you be buying Foot Locker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foot Locker include Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Guess? (GES), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Designer Brands (DBI), and Genesco (GCO). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Foot Locker vs.

Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) and Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

In the previous week, Foot Locker had 3 more articles in the media than Abercrombie & Fitch. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Foot Locker and 8 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Foot Locker's score of 0.57 indicating that Abercrombie & Fitch is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Foot Locker
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Abercrombie & Fitch
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Abercrombie & Fitch has a net margin of 10.76% compared to Foot Locker's net margin of -4.48%. Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity of 47.35% beat Foot Locker's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Foot Locker-4.48% 2.73% 1.15%
Abercrombie & Fitch 10.76%47.35%16.88%

Foot Locker presently has a consensus price target of $25.94, suggesting a potential upside of 5.48%. Abercrombie & Fitch has a consensus price target of $176.71, suggesting a potential upside of 12.74%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Abercrombie & Fitch is more favorable than Foot Locker.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Foot Locker
4 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Abercrombie & Fitch
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Foot Locker received 267 more outperform votes than Abercrombie & Fitch when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.35% of users gave Foot Locker an outperform vote while only 59.68% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Foot LockerOutperform Votes
1482
69.35%
Underperform Votes
655
30.65%
Abercrombie & FitchOutperform Votes
1215
59.68%
Underperform Votes
821
40.32%

Foot Locker pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Abercrombie & Fitch pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Foot Locker pays out -42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Abercrombie & Fitch pays out 10.0% 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. Foot Locker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Foot Locker has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Abercrombie & Fitch has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Foot Locker$8.15B0.29-$330M-$3.79-6.49
Abercrombie & Fitch$4.66B1.72$328.12M$8.0419.50

Summary

Abercrombie & Fitch beats Foot Locker on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FL vs. The Competition

MetricFoot LockerShoe stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.33B$1.83B$24.33B$19.67B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%190.27%3.46%
P/E Ratio-6.3525.4521.6727.87
Price / Sales0.290.881.6322.38
Price / Cash6.729.6219.9520.42
Price / Book0.801.916.315.46
Net Income-$330M-$19.48M$675.07M$981.30M
7 Day Performance6.96%4.55%4.64%1.35%
1 Month Performance-13.26%-4.61%5.92%3.23%
1 Year Performance13.53%30.72%22.01%31.02%

Foot Locker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FL
Foot Locker
4.2764 of 5 stars
$24.59
-0.4%
$25.94
+5.5%
+12.6%$2.33B$8.15B-6.3546,846Short Interest ↓
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
3.9251 of 5 stars
$156.75
-2.4%
$176.71
+12.7%
+158.6%$8.01B$4.66B16.6031,700Short Interest ↑
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.3901 of 5 stars
$21.21
-1.3%
$25.75
+21.4%
+19.6%$4.17B$5.41B16.9743,100
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.8189 of 5 stars
$37.34
-0.6%
$42.30
+13.3%
+10.2%$3.49B$5.32B11.4228,000
BKE
Buckle
2.1327 of 5 stars
$44.55
+0.9%
$31.00
-30.4%
+25.7%$2.26B$1.23B10.878,000
CAL
Caleres
3.3373 of 5 stars
$33.11
-2.4%
$32.50
-1.8%
+20.9%$1.16B$2.80B7.179,200
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
3.126 of 5 stars
$39.73
-1.4%
$42.00
+5.7%
+60.1%$1.08B$1.18B14.095,300Positive News
GES
Guess?
3.9613 of 5 stars
$18.98
-4.2%
$27.25
+43.6%
-14.5%$1.02B$2.87B7.6512,000
ZUMZ
Zumiez
1.6311 of 5 stars
$22.35
-2.2%
$22.00
-1.6%
+29.8%$453.12M$885.73M-8.138,900Positive News
DBI
Designer Brands
4.7419 of 5 stars
$6.11
-2.4%
$7.83
+28.2%
-48.1%$353.18M$3.06B-61.1014,000Insider Selling
GCO
Genesco
3.2709 of 5 stars
$30.13
+1.6%
$31.00
+2.9%
+5.2%$350.29M$2.30B-430.3718,000Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NYSE:FL) was last updated on 10/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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