Skechers U.S.A. (SKX) Competitors

Deckers Outdoor (NYSE:DECK) and Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DECK or SKX?

Deckers Outdoor received 362 more outperform votes than Skechers U.S.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.97% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 69.34% of users gave Deckers Outdoor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Deckers Outdoor	Outperform Votes 1203 69.34%	Underperform Votes 532 30.66%
Skechers U.S.A.	Outperform Votes 841 70.97%	Underperform Votes 344 29.03%

Which has better earnings and valuation, DECK or SKX?

Deckers Outdoor has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Deckers Outdoor	$4.29B	6.25	$759.56M	$5.69	31.01
Skechers U.S.A.	$8.72B	1.04	$545.80M	$4.06	14.73

Do analysts prefer DECK or SKX?

Deckers Outdoor presently has a consensus price target of $149.50, suggesting a potential downside of 15.23%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus price target of $78.09, suggesting a potential upside of 30.54%. Given Skechers U.S.A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Skechers U.S.A. is more favorable than Deckers Outdoor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deckers Outdoor	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Skechers U.S.A.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to DECK or SKX?

In the previous week, Skechers U.S.A. had 5 more articles in the media than Deckers Outdoor. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Skechers U.S.A. and 4 mentions for Deckers Outdoor. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Deckers Outdoor's score of 0.23 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Deckers Outdoor	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Skechers U.S.A.	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DECK or SKX?

97.8% of Deckers Outdoor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Deckers Outdoor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, DECK or SKX?

Deckers Outdoor has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DECK or SKX more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deckers Outdoor	18.95%	41.48%	26.77%
Skechers U.S.A.	7.19%	13.71%	7.90%

Summary

Deckers Outdoor and Skechers U.S.A. tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.