BIRK vs DECK vs AS Stock Comparison

Birkenstock Holding, Deckers Outdoor and Amer Sports Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BIRK Birkenstock Holding plc
$32.56 +3.3% 1M -24.5% 1Y
Market cap
$6.10B
P/E
15.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.64B
Div. yield
–
Footwear Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp
$81.04 +3.1% 1M -21.0% 1Y
Market cap
$11.60B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Footwear Consumer Discretionary
1 win
AS Amer Sports, Inc.
$28.26 +5.0% 1M -10.7% 1Y
Market cap
$15.84B
P/E
29.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.44B
Div. yield
–
Sporting Goods Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Amer Sports leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Amer Sports 5, Birkenstock Holding 4, Deckers Outdoor 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBIRKDECKASLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.10B $11.60B $15.84B AS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.6x — 29.0x BIRK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.0x 11.2x 22.8x DECK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +19.6% — +30.5% AS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.8% — 7.3% BIRK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.7% — 9.7% BIRK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.3x — -0.4x AS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -24.5% -21.0% -10.7% AS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +5.1%/yr — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 52.1% 44.2% 39.8% AS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 — 60/100 BIRK

Percentile Scorecard

BIRKDECKAS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBIRKDECKAS
Valuation 56 #21 of 46 – 42 #20 of 34
Growth 81 #9 of 43 – 100 #1 of 32
Profitability 78 #10 of 42 – 94 #3 of 32
Financial Health 62 #21 of 53 89 #7 of 53 59 #14 of 33
Shareholder Returns – – 6 #17 of 18
Overall 69 – 60
  • BIRK ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • DECK ranked among 53 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • AS ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBIRKDECKASSPY
1 month +3.3%+3.1%+5.0% -1.0%
3 months -19.9%-15.7%-16.6% +2.9%
6 months -17.4%-25.3%-21.1% +6.4%
Year to date -20.4%-21.8%-24.3% +11.4%
1 year -24.5%-21.0%-10.7% +13.1%
3 years -16.1%-2.0%— +79.4%
3 years, per year -5.7%-0.7%— +21.5%
5 years —+28.3%— +67.7%
5 years, per year —+5.1%— +10.9%
10 years —+798.4%— +255.2%
10 years, per year —+24.6%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureBIRKDECKASSPY
Volatility, 1Y 52.1%44.2%39.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.0%41.2%38.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.311.011.50 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.47-0.47-0.27 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.9%-65.2%-40.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.5%-33.0%-32.7% -2.5%
52-week high $48.97$120.94$41.96 $779.14
52-week low $30.57$77.68$26.25 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBIRKDECKAS
P/E now vs peer median 15.5xmedian 15.9x —median 15.9x 28.7xmedian 21.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 0.7x —median 0.7x 2.1xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 9.2x —median 9.2x 10.9xmedian 10.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.3xmedian 12.2x —median 12.2x 22.7xmedian 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.2x 4.6xmedian 2.2x 2.3xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.50median 0.57 —median 0.57 —median 0.34

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBIRKDECKAS
Revenue $2.64B – $7.44B
Gross profit $1.50B – $4.45B
Operating income $640.37M – $956.70M
Net income $391.83M – $567.80M
Free cash flow $391.32M – $694.70M
EPS (diluted) $2.10 – $0.97
Cash & equivalents $792.27M $1.91B $720.40M
Total debt $6.02B – $147.40M
Shares (diluted) 186.51M 144.29M 563.08M
Enterprise value $4.42B $4.47B $13.43B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBIRKDECKAS
P/E 15.5x – 28.7x
P/FCF 15.3x – 22.7x
P/Operating cash flow 12.8x – 16.4x
P/S 2.3x – 2.1x
P/B 1.9x 4.6x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 4.3x 4.6x 3.8x
EV/EBITDA 7.9x – 10.9x
EV/EBIT 11.1x – 15.9x
EV/Revenue 2.7x – 2.0x
EV/FCF 18.2x – 21.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.3x – 15.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.50 – –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBIRKDECKAS
Revenue growth (1Y) 19.6% – 30.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 20.3% – –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.6% – 37.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.1% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.6% – 52.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 23.5% – –
Net income growth (1Y) 16.6% – 142.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 31.9% – –
EPS growth (1Y) 17.3% – 117.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.0% – –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 11.1% – 106.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -9.0% – 170.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBIRKDECKAS
Gross margin 56.9% – 59.8%
EBITDA margin 34.2% – 18.8%
Operating margin 24.2% – 12.9%
Pretax margin 20.0% – 10.8%
Net margin 14.8% – 7.3%
FCF margin 14.8% – 9.3%
Operating cash flow margin 17.7% – 12.9%
Return on equity 12.0% – 8.3%
Return on assets 6.3% – 5.6%
Return on invested capital 9.7% – 9.7%
Return on capital employed 11.4% – 11.7%
Asset turnover 0.4x – 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x – 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBIRKDECKAS
Debt / assets 30.0% – 1.4%
Debt / equity 0.6x – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x – -0.4x
Debt / FCF 5.0x – 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 50.5% 32.2% 32.9%
Equity / assets 49.5% 67.8% 67.1%
Interest coverage 5.7x – 10.6x
Current ratio 3.8x 3.5x 1.8x
Quick ratio 2.0x 2.8x 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.4x 2.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.38 – 4.02

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBIRKDECKAS
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – -5.5%
Shareholder yield – – -5.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBIRKDECKAS
Forward P/E 14.0xFY2026 11.2xFY2026 22.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.33FY2026 $7.24FY2026 $1.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +7.4%FY2026 +3.1%FY2026 +27.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.3% +10.9% +40.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.59BFY2026 $5.53BFY2026 $7.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.1%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 +17.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +10.8% +10.0% +16.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBIRKDECKAS
Held by institutions 90.6% 96.4% 38.1%
Institutions holding 233 860 354
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.7% +0.4% +4.1%
Institutions buying 123 426 236
Institutions selling 85 333 87
Buyers to sellers 1.45 1.28 2.71

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BIRKDECKAS
BIRK 1.00 0.51 0.44
DECK 0.51 1.00 0.45
AS 0.44 0.45 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BIRK, DECK and AS?

Amer Sports (AS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) $6.10B, Deckers Outdoor (DECK) $11.60B, Amer Sports (AS) $15.84B.

Which stock is cheaper, BIRK, DECK and AS?

Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 15.6x, Amer Sports (AS) 29.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Deckers Outdoor (DECK) is cheapest (Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 14.0x, Deckers Outdoor (DECK) 11.2x, Amer Sports (AS) 22.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amer Sports (AS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) +19.6%, Amer Sports (AS) +30.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) has the highest net margin (Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 14.8%, Amer Sports (AS) 7.3%). On return on invested capital, Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) leads (Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 9.7%, Amer Sports (AS) 9.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amer Sports (AS) returned the most: Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) -24.5%, Deckers Outdoor (DECK) -21.0%, Amer Sports (AS) -10.7%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Amer Sports (AS) has been the steadiest (Birkenstock Holding (BIRK) 52.1%, Deckers Outdoor (DECK) 44.2%, Amer Sports (AS) 39.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BIRK, DECK and AS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Amer Sports (AS) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.