Critical Survey: Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) vs. Nitches (OTCMKTS:NICH)

Nitches (OTCMKTS:NICH) and Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nitches and Crocs”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nitches	N/A	N/A	-$2.84 million	N/A	N/A
Crocs	$4.10 billion	1.10	$950.07 million	$3.07	28.37

Crocs has higher revenue and earnings than Nitches.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nitches	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crocs	4.48%	43.14%	15.26%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Nitches and Crocs, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nitches	0	0	0	0	0.00
Crocs	3	7	6	0	2.19

Crocs has a consensus price target of $99.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.96%. Given Crocs’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crocs is more favorable than Nitches.

Risk & Volatility

Nitches has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of Nitches shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Crocs beats Nitches on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nitches

Nitches Inc. engages in the production and distribution of household, lifestyle, travel and leisure, sports goods, and clothing items. It also develops NITCHES OVS, an owner verification system (OVS) mobile application that can be used to verify authenticity and ownership of Nitches' luxury products, apparels, and streetwear clothing items. The company sells its products through on-line store on the Nitches website, nitchescorp.com/brands/. Nitches Inc. was formerly known as Beebas Creations Inc. and changed its name to Nitches Inc. in July 1992. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in Las Vegas, California.

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.