Most consumer discretionary businesses succeed or fail based on the broader economy. Over the past six months, it seems like demand trends are working against their favor as the industry
has tumbled by 5.8%. This drawdown was worse than the S&P 500’s 1% decline.
Value stocks typically trade at discounts to the broader market, offering patient investors the opportunity to buy businesses when they’re out of favor.
The key risk, however, is that these stocks are usually cheap for a reason – five cents for a piece of fruit may seem like a great deal until you find out it’s rotten.
The past year hasn't been kind to the stocks featured in this article.
Each has tumbled to their lowest points in 12 months, leaving investors to decide whether they're witnessing fire sales or falling knives.
Caleres has gotten torched over the last six months - since October 2024, its stock price has dropped 47.5% to $16.64 per share. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after markets gave up early gains with optimism over progress in US-China trade talks quickly fading as the Trump administration announced plans to raise tariffs on all Chinese imports to well above 100%.
Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street.
Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.
Footwear company Caleres (NYSE:CAL) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales falling 8.3% year on year to $639.2 million. Next quarter’s revenue guidance of $622.9 million underwhelmed, coming in 4.5% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $0.15 per share was 68.7% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
The low valuation multiples for value stocks provide a margin of safety that growth stocks rarely offer.
However, the challenge lies in determining whether these cheap assets are genuinely undervalued or simply on sale due to their potentially deteriorating business models.
Shareholders of Caleres would probably like to forget the past six months even happened. The stock dropped 59.8% and now trades at $16.98. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q3. Today, we are looking at footwear stocks, starting with Wolverine Worldwide (NYSE:WWW).
Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Skechers (NYSE:SKX) and the best and worst performers in the footwear industry.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how footwear stocks fared in Q3, starting with Genesco (NYSE:GCO).
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q3 behind us, let’s have a look at Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) and its peers.
Shares of footwear company Caleres (NYSE:CAL)
fell 19.5% in the morning session after the company reported weak third-quarter financial results. Its revenue and EPS missed Wall Street's estimates. The company called out softer seasonal demand in some product categories. Also, there were weaknesses in some end markets, including China, and the company expects some of the weak sales trends to continue. As a result, it lowered its full-year EPS guidance. Overall, this quarter could have been better.
