CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED vs DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP, two Footwear stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CSL and DECK diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CSL reads +8.2% and DECK reads -2.1%; on debt / equity, CSL reads 1.79 and DECK reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CSL price has a different growth bar priced in than DECK (+8.2% implied for CSL vs -2.1% for DECK); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CSL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What DECK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CSL | DECK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $359.80 | $96.83 |
| Market cap | $14.6B | $13.4B |
| Sector | Footwear | Footwear |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.2% | -2.1% |
| P/E | 20.6 | 13.8 |
| P/B | 9.01 | 5.83 |
| P/S | 2.86 | 2.43 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8 | 9.4 |
| Revenue growth | +1.4% | +7.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 56.4% |
| Operating margin | 22.4% | 15.2% |
| Net margin | 14.2% | 18.4% |
| Return on equity | 44.8% | 44.1% |
| Return on assets | 11.6% | 26.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.4% | 43.0% |
| FCF yield | 6.0% | 8.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.79 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.60 | 2.75 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.99 | 8.87 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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