UAA vs. BIRK, GIL, LEVI, KTB, BRP, UA, 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 (UA), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Capri (CPRI), FIGS (FIGS), and Canada Goose (GOOS). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.
Under Armour vs.
Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) and Under Armour (NYSE:UAA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Birkenstock presently has a consensus price target of $68.31, suggesting a potential upside of 13.82%. Under Armour has a consensus price target of $9.28, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Given Birkenstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Birkenstock is more favorable than Under Armour.
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.
Birkenstock has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Birkenstock had 1 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Birkenstock and 7 mentions for Under Armour. Birkenstock's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Under Armour's score of -0.04 indicating that Birkenstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Under Armour received 1387 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.65% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote.
19.9% of Birkenstock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Under Armour shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Under Armour shares are held 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.
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.
Summary
Birkenstock beats Under Armour on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UAA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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