Birkenstock Holding PLC (BIRK) vs Designer Brands Inc. (DBI)

Birkenstock Holding PLC and Designer Brands Inc. are both Footwear & Accessories companies. Birkenstock Holding PLC is the larger, with a market value of $6.6B against $340.0M — 19.4× the size. Birkenstock Holding PLC trades at the lower P/E: 17.3× against 23.6×. Birkenstock Holding PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 19.2% against −0.84%. Birkenstock Holding PLC has the higher net margin (14.7% vs 0.61%) and the lower return on invested capital (8.63% vs 9.58%). Across the 19 metrics below, Birkenstock Holding PLC leads on 14 and Designer Brands Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BIRK DBI Footwear & Accessories median
P/E 17.31 23.61 17.09
P/S 2.54 0.12 1.01
P/B 2.06 1.12 2.84
Price to free cash flow 20.52 n/m 12.64
EV/EBITDA 10.30 4.40 11.19
EV/Sales 3.06 0.24 1.27
Earnings yield 5.78% 4.24% 5.29%
Free cash flow yield 4.87% (25.32%) 6.01%

Profitability

Metric BIRK DBI Footwear & Accessories median
Gross margin 56.84% 45.77% 49.08%
Operating margin 24.25% 3.56% 8.69%
Net margin 14.74% 0.61% 6.62%
Free cash flow margin 12.39% 4.15% 8.58%
Return on equity 12.45% 6.10% 13.50%
Return on assets 6.40% 0.87% 6.62%
Return on invested capital 8.63% 9.58% 10.98%

Growth

Metric BIRK DBI Footwear & Accessories median
Revenue growth (TTM) 19.21% (0.84%) 0.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 85.59% 15.00% 12.95%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 5.30% 9.43%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BIRK DBI Footwear & Accessories median
Debt to equity 0.67 1.41 0.47
Current ratio 3.78 1.22 2.26
Net debt to EBITDA 1.46 3.59 0.38

Dividend

Metric BIRK DBI Footwear & Accessories median
Dividend yield — 3.03% 2.01%
Payout ratio — 0.71 0.37

Size

Metric BIRK DBI Footwear & Accessories median
Market cap 6.60b 339.98m 1.27b

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