UA vs. BIRK, GIL, LEVI, BRP, KTB, ZGN, UAA, CPRI, GOOS, and FIGS
Should you be buying Under Armour stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Under Armour include Birkenstock (BIRK), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UAA), Capri (CPRI), Canada Goose (GOOS), and FIGS (FIGS). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.
Under Armour vs.
Under Armour (NYSE:UA) and Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
36.4% of Under Armour shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of Birkenstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.6% of Under Armour shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Birkenstock had 20 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Birkenstock and 3 mentions for Under Armour. Under Armour's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Birkenstock's score of 0.65 indicating that Under Armour is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Under Armour received 313 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.54% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 61.51% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote.
Under Armour presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.03%. Birkenstock has a consensus price target of $68.31, suggesting a potential upside of 26.38%. Given Under Armour's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Under Armour is more favorable than Birkenstock.
Under Armour has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birkenstock has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Under Armour has higher revenue and earnings than Birkenstock. Under Armour is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birkenstock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Birkenstock has a net margin of 10.57% compared to Under Armour's net margin of -2.39%. Under Armour's return on equity of 11.03% beat Birkenstock's return on equity.
Summary
Under Armour beats Birkenstock on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UA) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
