Shoe Station Group Inc. (SHOE) vs Zumiez Inc. (ZUMZ)

Shoe Station Group Inc. and Zumiez Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Shoe Station Group Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $376.2M against $221.4M — 1.7× the size. Shoe Station Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.5× against 17.4×. Zumiez Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.61% against −4.13%. Shoe Station Group Inc. has the higher net margin (2.20% vs 1.36%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.57% vs 6.98%). Across the 21 metrics below, Shoe Station Group Inc. leads on 12 and Zumiez Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric SHOE ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
P/E 15.46 17.36 13.40
P/S 0.34 0.23 0.31
P/B 0.55 0.78 1.73
Price to free cash flow 5.61 8.70 12.11
EV/EBITDA 8.36 3.20 7.58
EV/Sales 0.50 0.14 0.51
Earnings yield 6.47% 5.76% 5.50%
Free cash flow yield 17.81% 11.49% 3.85%

Profitability

Metric SHOE ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 34.47% 36.06% 41.90%
Operating margin 2.82% 2.18% 2.50%
Net margin 2.20% 1.36% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 6.02% 2.69% 2.86%
Return on equity 3.61% 4.44% 7.71%
Return on assets 2.09% 2.03% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 3.57% 6.98% 6.41%

Growth

Metric SHOE ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.13%) 3.61% 4.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (29.10%) 966.67% 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.05% (1.28%) 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 26.73% (29.39%) 0.00%

Health

Metric SHOE ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 4.04 1.71 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (1.29) (4.21) (0.38)

Dividend

Metric SHOE ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 2.33% — 1.80%
Payout ratio 0.36 — 0.21

Size

Metric SHOE ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
Market cap 376.22m 221.38m 371.52m

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