Head-To-Head Analysis: Crocs (CROX) and The Competition

Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) is one of 117 public companies in the “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Crocs to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Crocs and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crocs	1	4	12	2	2.79
Crocs Competitors	1651	7653	10073	364	2.46

Crocs currently has a consensus target price of $158.30, indicating a potential downside of 0.12%. As a group, “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies have a potential upside of 12.23%. Given Crocs’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crocs has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Crocs has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs’ competitors have a beta of 0.92, indicating that their average stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Crocs and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crocs	$4.10 billion	-$81.20 million	11.84
Crocs Competitors	$5.67 billion	$471.75 million	25.21

Crocs’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Crocs. Crocs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Crocs and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crocs	16.20%	49.35%	15.68%
Crocs Competitors	-3.37%	12.96%	2.77%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

93.4% of Crocs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.1% of shares of all “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Crocs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Crocs beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Crocs

Crocs, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells casual lifestyle footwear and accessories for men, women, and children under Crocs and HEYDUDE Brand in the United States and internationally. The company offers various footwear products, including clogs, sandals, slides, flips, wedges, platforms, socks, boots, charms, flip flops, sneakers, and slippers. It sells its products through wholesalers, retail stores, e-commerce sites, third-party marketplaces, and kiosks/store-in-store locations. Crocs, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.