CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED vs NIKE, Inc., two Footwear stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CSL and NKE diverge most: on ev/ebitda, CSL reads 13.1 and NKE reads 89.2; on fcf yield, CSL reads 6.8% and NKE reads 1.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CSL price has a different growth bar priced in than NKE (+8.0% implied for CSL vs +15.5% for NKE); 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 NKE'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 | NKE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $330.17 | $44.39 |
| Market cap | $13.6B | $65.8B |
| Sector | Footwear | Footwear |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.0% | +15.5% |
| P/E | 19.4 | 29.4 |
| P/B | 8.21 | 4.67 |
| P/S | 2.73 | 1.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.1 | 89.2 |
| Revenue growth | -0.7% | -2.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 40.2% |
| Operating margin | 17.1% | — |
| Net margin | 14.6% | 4.8% |
| Return on equity | 43.9% | 16.0% |
| Return on assets | 12.1% | 6.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.2% | — |
| FCF yield | 6.8% | 1.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | 3.5% |
| Debt / equity | 1.75 | 0.57 |
| Current ratio | 3.38 | 2.14 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.95 | 7.63 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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