Under Armour (UAA) Competitors

Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) and Under Armour (NYSE:UAA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, BIRK or UAA?

Birkenstock has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BIRK or UAA?

Birkenstock currently has a consensus target price of $67.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.18%. Under Armour has a consensus target price of $9.12, indicating a potential upside of 67.62%. Given Under Armour's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Under Armour is more favorable than Birkenstock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Birkenstock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
Under Armour	3 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.05

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BIRK or UAA?

19.9% of Birkenstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Under Armour 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BIRK or UAA?

In the previous week, Birkenstock had 17 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Birkenstock and 13 mentions for Under Armour. Under Armour's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Birkenstock's score of 0.79 indicating that Under Armour is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Birkenstock	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Under Armour	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BIRK or UAA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Birkenstock	$1.86B	4.89	$207.85M	$1.24	39.11
Under Armour	$5.32B	0.44	$232.04M	-$0.29	-18.76

Is BIRK or UAA more profitable?

Birkenstock has a net margin of 11.73% 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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Birkenstock	11.73%	9.52%	5.08%
Under Armour	-2.39%	11.03%	4.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BIRK or UAA?

Under Armour received 1384 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.09% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 64.21% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Birkenstock	Outperform Votes 55 82.09%	Underperform Votes 12 17.91%
Under Armour	Outperform Votes 1439 64.21%	Underperform Votes 802 35.79%

Summary

Birkenstock beats Under Armour on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.