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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DECK or SKX?

Deckers Outdoor received 356 more outperform votes than Skechers U.S.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.86% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 69.55% of users gave Deckers Outdoor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Deckers Outdoor	Outperform Votes 1190 69.55%	Underperform Votes 521 30.45%
Skechers U.S.A.	Outperform Votes 834 70.86%	Underperform Votes 343 29.14%

Is DECK or SKX more profitable?

Deckers Outdoor has a net margin of 18.45% compared to Skechers U.S.A.'s net margin of 6.90%. Deckers Outdoor's return on equity of 40.52% beat Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deckers Outdoor	18.45%	40.52%	25.91%
Skechers U.S.A.	6.90%	13.04%	7.64%

Which has more volatility and risk, DECK or SKX?

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DECK or SKX?

Deckers Outdoor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Skechers U.S.A.. Deckers Outdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skechers U.S.A., 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	$4.44B	0.91	$759.56M	$29.29	5.41
Skechers U.S.A.	$8.40B	1.26	$545.80M	$3.80	18.24

Do insiders and institutionals 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. 0.7% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend DECK or SKX?

Deckers Outdoor currently has a consensus price target of $37.06, suggesting a potential downside of 76.32%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus price target of $78.36, suggesting a potential upside of 13.18%. 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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deckers Outdoor	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
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, Deckers Outdoor had 12 more articles in the media than Skechers U.S.A.. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Deckers Outdoor and 7 mentions for Skechers U.S.A.. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Deckers Outdoor's score of 0.41 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Skechers U.S.A.	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Skechers U.S.A. beats Deckers Outdoor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.