UA vs. BIRK, GIL, LEVI, KTB, BRP, UAA, ZGN, CPRI, FIGS, and GOOS
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), Kontoor Brands (KTB), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Under Armour (UAA), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Capri (CPRI), FIGS (FIGS), and Canada Goose (GOOS). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Under Armour has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birkenstock has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
36.3% of Under Armour shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of Birkenstock shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Under Armour shares are held by 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.
Under Armour currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.70%. Birkenstock has a consensus target price of $68.31, suggesting a potential upside of 13.82%. Given Under Armour's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Under Armour is more favorable than Birkenstock.
Birkenstock has a net margin of 10.57% compared to Under Armour's net margin of -0.27%. Under Armour's return on equity of 13.20% beat Birkenstock's return on equity.
Under Armour received 316 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.65% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 61.51% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Under Armour and Under Armour both had 8 articles in the media. Birkenstock's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Under Armour's score of 0.50 indicating that Birkenstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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