Caleres, Inc. (CAL) vs Shoe Station Group Inc. (SHOE)

Caleres, Inc. and Shoe Station Group Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Caleres, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $431.0M against $359.4M — 1.2× the size. Caleres, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.3× against 14.7×. Caleres, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.32% against −4.13%. Shoe Station Group Inc. has the higher net margin (2.20% vs 1.77%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.57% vs 8.62%). Both pay a dividend; Shoe Station Group Inc. yields more (1.60% vs 0.83%). Across the 21 metrics below, Caleres, Inc. leads on 12 and Shoe Station Group Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CAL SHOE Apparel Retail median
P/E 8.29 14.65 12.56
P/S 0.14 0.32 0.35
P/B 0.60 0.52 1.57
Price to free cash flow n/m 5.32 11.15
EV/EBITDA 7.42 8.06 7.42
EV/Sales 0.40 0.48 0.51
Earnings yield 12.06% 6.83% 5.76%
Free cash flow yield (11.23%) 18.79% 4.34%

Profitability

Metric CAL SHOE Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 46.25% 34.47% 41.90%
Operating margin 3.05% 2.82% 2.50%
Net margin 1.77% 2.20% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 2.21% 6.02% 2.86%
Return on equity 7.71% 3.61% 7.71%
Return on assets 2.34% 2.09% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 8.62% 3.57% 6.41%

Growth

Metric CAL SHOE Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.32% (4.13%) 4.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (106.80%) (29.10%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.43% 3.05% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 26.73% 0.00%

Health

Metric CAL SHOE Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 1.11 4.04 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA (0.42) (1.29) (0.29)

Dividend

Metric CAL SHOE Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 0.83% 1.60% 2.94%
Payout ratio 0.07 0.12 0.00

Size

Metric CAL SHOE Apparel Retail median
Market cap 430.97m 359.37m 358.41m

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