SKX vs. DECK, CROX, SHOO, WWW, NKE, BIRK, CAL, RCKY, TCOM, and EA
Should you be buying Skechers U.S.A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skechers U.S.A. include Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Crocs (CROX), Steven Madden (SHOO), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), NIKE (NKE), Birkenstock (BIRK), Caleres (CAL), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Trip.com Group (TCOM), and Electronic Arts (EA).
Skechers U.S.A. vs.
Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) and Deckers Outdoor (NYSE:DECK) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Deckers Outdoor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Skechers U.S.A.. Skechers U.S.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deckers Outdoor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Deckers Outdoor received 368 more outperform votes than Skechers U.S.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.78% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 69.44% of users gave Deckers Outdoor an outperform vote.
80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Deckers Outdoor shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Deckers Outdoor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deckers Outdoor has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Deckers Outdoor has a net margin of 18.95% compared to Skechers U.S.A.'s net margin of 7.19%. Deckers Outdoor's return on equity of 41.48% beat Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity.
Skechers U.S.A. currently has a consensus price target of $79.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.71%. Deckers Outdoor has a consensus price target of $165.06, indicating a potential downside of 21.46%. Given Skechers U.S.A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Skechers U.S.A. is more favorable than Deckers Outdoor.
In the previous week, Deckers Outdoor had 12 more articles in the media than Skechers U.S.A.. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Deckers Outdoor and 10 mentions for Skechers U.S.A.. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Deckers Outdoor's score of 0.75 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Deckers Outdoor beats Skechers U.S.A. on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SKX) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
