Caleres, Inc. (CAL) vs Carter's, Inc. (CRI)

Caleres, Inc. and Carter's, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Carter's, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.1B against $431.0M — 2.6× the size. Carter's, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 5.9× against 8.3×. Caleres, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.32% against 5.17%. Carter's, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.47% vs 1.77%) and the higher return on invested capital (18.7% vs 8.62%). Both pay a dividend; Carter's, Inc. yields more (3.78% vs 0.83%). Across the 22 metrics below, Carter's, Inc. leads on 15 and Caleres, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CAL CRI Apparel Retail median
P/E 8.29 5.86 12.56
P/S 0.14 0.37 0.35
P/B 0.60 1.08 1.57
Price to free cash flow n/m 8.28 11.15
EV/EBITDA 7.42 3.43 7.42
EV/Sales 0.40 0.39 0.51
Earnings yield 12.06% 17.06% 5.76%
Free cash flow yield (11.23%) 12.08% 4.34%

Profitability

Metric CAL CRI Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 46.25% 48.60% 41.90%
Operating margin 3.05% 9.47% 2.50%
Net margin 1.77% 6.47% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 2.21% 9.83% 2.86%
Return on equity 7.71% 20.50% 7.71%
Return on assets 2.34% 7.43% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 8.62% 18.72% 6.41%

Growth

Metric CAL CRI Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.32% 5.17% 4.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (106.80%) (50.59%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.43% (0.85%) 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (3.99%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CAL CRI Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.55 0.01
Current ratio 1.11 2.47 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA (0.42) 0.40 (0.29)

Dividend

Metric CAL CRI Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 0.83% 3.78% 2.94%
Payout ratio 0.07 0.56 0.00

Size

Metric CAL CRI Apparel Retail median
Market cap 430.97m 1.11b 358.41m

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