UAA vs. BIRK, GIL, LEVI, BRP, KTB, ZGN, UA, 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 (UA), Capri (CPRI), Canada Goose (GOOS), and FIGS (FIGS). These companies are all part of the "apparel" industry.
Under Armour vs.
Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) and Under Armour (NYSE:UAA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Birkenstock has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Birkenstock had 6 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Birkenstock and 6 mentions for Under Armour. Birkenstock's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Under Armour's score of 0.63 indicating that Birkenstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Under Armour received 1385 more outperform votes than Birkenstock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.54% of users gave Birkenstock an outperform vote while only 64.20% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote.
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.
Birkenstock currently has a consensus target price of $68.31, indicating a potential upside of 44.82%. Under Armour has a consensus target price of $9.06, indicating a potential upside of 41.73%. Given Birkenstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Birkenstock is more favorable than Under Armour.
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 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UAA) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
