DECK vs NKE vs ROST Stock Comparison

Deckers Outdoor, Nike and Ross Stores Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp
$87.69 +7.4% 1M +7.2% 1Y
Market cap
$11.72B
P/E
11.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.58B
Div. yield
–
Footwear Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
NKE NIKE, Inc.
$39.58 +14.4% 1M -36.3% 1Y
Market cap
$58.77B
P/E
19.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$45.89B
Div. yield
4.14%
Footwear Consumer Discretionary
1 win
ROST Ross Stores, Inc.
$235.23 +4.9% 1M +45.0% 1Y
Market cap
$75.20B
P/E
28.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.51B
Div. yield
0.75%
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Ross Stores leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ross Stores 7, Deckers Outdoor 4, Nike 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDECKNKEROSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.72B $58.77B $75.20B ROST
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.2x 19.0x 28.1x DECK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.7x 32.4x 29.2x DECK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.3% -1.2% +14.0% ROST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 19.0% 6.7% 10.8% DECK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 13.0% 33.9% ROST
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.1x -0.8x ROST
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 4.14% 0.75% NKE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +7.2% -36.3% +45.0% ROST
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.4%/yr -25.9%/yr +14.5%/yr ROST
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.8% 36.9% 27.2% ROST
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 80/100 41/100 65/100 DECK

Percentile Scorecard

DECKNKEROST

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

AxisDECKNKEROST
Valuation 70 #15 of 48 30 #34 of 48 11 #96 of 108
Growth 51 #23 of 46 9 #42 of 46 84 #18 of 104
Profitability 98 #2 of 45 46 #25 of 45 91 #10 of 103
Financial Health 86 #8 of 52 63 #20 of 52 86 #17 of 114
Shareholder Returns 97 #2 of 35 56 #16 of 35 53 #37 of 77
Overall 80 41 65
  • DECK ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • NKE ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • ROST ranked among 116 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDECKNKEROSTSPY
1 month +7.4%+14.4%+4.9% -5.9%
3 months -10.4%-5.7%-7.5% -4.6%
6 months -14.6%-10.9%+4.8% +0.2%
Year to date -15.4%-37.9%+30.6% +7.5%
1 year +7.2%-36.3%+45.0% +8.2%
3 years -14.2%-63.1%+92.6% +68.3%
3 years, per year -5.0%-28.3%+24.4% +19.0%
5 years +24.3%-77.7%+96.6% +56.5%
5 years, per year +4.4%-25.9%+14.5% +9.4%
10 years +906.8%-20.8%+283.1% +251.5%
10 years, per year +26.0%-2.3%+14.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureDECKNKEROSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.8%36.9%27.2% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.9%38.6%25.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.970.570.62 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.18-0.981.66 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.2%-80.6%-41.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.5%-41.6%-7.8% -5.9%
52-week high $120.94$67.78$255.23 $779.14
52-week low $77.68$33.90$159.41 $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.

MultipleDECKNKEROST
P/E now vs peer median 11.2xmedian 17.1x 19.0xmedian 17.1x 28.1xmedian 18.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 0.8x 1.3xmedian 0.8x 3.1xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 10.6x 12.9xmedian 10.6x 18.4xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.1xmedian 11.6x 27.9xmedian 11.6x 26.9xmedian 15.3x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 2.4x 3.9xmedian 2.4x 11.2xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.43median 0.57 -1.36median 0.57 1.37median 0.87

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 monthsDECKNKEROST
Revenue $5.58B $45.89B $24.51B
Gross profit $3.29B $19.77B $7.27B
Operating income $1.32B $3.76B $3.37B
Net income $1.06B $3.09B $2.66B
Free cash flow $1.05B $2.11B $2.79B
EPS (diluted) $7.83 $2.08 $8.32
Cash & equivalents $1.21B $6.90B $4.29B
Total debt – $7.89B $1.02B
Shares (diluted) 135.30M 1.48B 319.45M
Enterprise value $4.91B $24.98B $58.12B

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
MetricDECKNKEROST
P/E 11.2x 19.0x 28.1x
P/FCF 11.1x 27.9x 26.9x
P/Operating cash flow 10.4x 21.1x 20.5x
P/S 2.1x 1.3x 3.1x
P/B 5.0x 3.9x 11.2x
P/Tangible book 5.1x 3.9x 11.2x
EV/EBITDA 7.6x 12.9x 18.4x
EV/EBIT 8.0x 15.5x 21.3x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 1.3x 2.9x
EV/FCF 10.0x 27.7x 25.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.3x 21.0x 19.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.43 -1.36 1.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDECKNKEROST
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.3% -1.2% 14.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.6% -3.8% 8.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.7% 1.5% 22.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.3% -4.1% 13.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 6.7% 9.9% 30.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 19.9% -13.6% 16.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.4% 6.8% 28.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 20.1% -15.1% 18.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 13.9% 6.5% 31.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.2% -14.0% 20.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 5.8% -21.1% 48.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.0% -19.9% 8.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 7.4% -30.0% 66.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.4% -22.1% 10.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDECKNKEROST
Gross margin 58.9% 43.1% 29.7%
EBITDA margin 24.9% 9.8% 16.0%
Operating margin 23.6% 8.2% 13.7%
Pretax margin 24.6% 8.5% 14.3%
Net margin 19.0% 6.7% 10.8%
FCF margin 18.9% 4.6% 11.4%
Operating cash flow margin 20.2% 6.1% 14.9%
Return on equity 45.8% 20.6% 40.8%
Return on assets 27.1% 8.1% 16.9%
Return on invested capital – 13.0% 33.9%
Return on capital employed 46.3% 14.1% 31.0%
Asset turnover 1.4x 1.2x 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 0.9x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 1.5% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDECKNKEROST
Debt / assets – 20.9% 6.4%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.1x -0.8x
Debt / FCF – 3.7x 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 41.2% 59.7% 57.8%
Equity / assets 58.8% 40.3% 42.2%
Interest coverage 279.7x – –
Current ratio 2.7x 2.1x 1.6x
Quick ratio 1.8x 1.2x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.1x 0.7x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 8.12 3.49 7.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDECKNKEROST
Dividend yield – 4.1% 0.7%
Net buyback yield 10.6% -0.4% 1.5%
Shareholder yield 10.6% 3.8% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 78.4% 20.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 115.2% 19.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 4.0% 7.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 5.7% 7.4%

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.

ConsensusDECKNKEROST
Forward P/E 11.7xFY2026 32.4xFY2026 29.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.48FY2026 $1.22FY2026 $8.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.6%FY2026 -41.9%FY2026 +21.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +4.3% +18.0% +18.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.37BFY2026 $40.47BFY2026 $23.94BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.9%FY2026 -12.8%FY2026 +5.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.4% +11.9% +7.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDECKNKEROST
Held by institutions 96.4% 64.8% 93.4%
Institutions holding 863 1,739 1,423
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.4% +1.9% +4.7%
Institutions buying 429 798 764
Institutions selling 333 758 442
Buyers to sellers 1.29 1.05 1.73

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.

DECKNKEROST
DECK 1.00 0.40 0.40
NKE 0.40 1.00 0.29
ROST 0.40 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DECK, NKE and ROST?

Ross Stores (ROST) is the largest by market capitalisation: Deckers Outdoor (DECK) $11.72B, Nike (NKE) $58.77B, Ross Stores (ROST) $75.20B.

Which stock is cheaper, DECK, NKE and ROST?

Deckers Outdoor (DECK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Deckers Outdoor (DECK) 11.2x, Nike (NKE) 19.0x, Ross Stores (ROST) 28.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Deckers Outdoor (DECK) is cheapest (Deckers Outdoor (DECK) 11.7x, Nike (NKE) 32.4x, Ross Stores (ROST) 29.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ross Stores (ROST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Deckers Outdoor (DECK) +6.3%, Nike (NKE) -1.2%, Ross Stores (ROST) +14.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Deckers Outdoor (DECK) has the highest net margin (Deckers Outdoor (DECK) 19.0%, Nike (NKE) 6.7%, Ross Stores (ROST) 10.8%). On return on invested capital, Ross Stores (ROST) leads (Nike (NKE) 13.0%, Ross Stores (ROST) 33.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ross Stores (ROST) returned the most: Deckers Outdoor (DECK) +7.2%, Nike (NKE) -36.3%, Ross Stores (ROST) +45.0%. Over five years, Ross Stores (ROST) compounded fastest (Deckers Outdoor (DECK) +4.4%/yr, Nike (NKE) -25.9%/yr, Ross Stores (ROST) +14.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Nike (NKE) has the highest dividend yield: Nike (NKE) 4.14%, Ross Stores (ROST) 0.75%. Deckers Outdoor (DECK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ross Stores (ROST) has been the steadiest (Deckers Outdoor (DECK) 40.8%, Nike (NKE) 36.9%, Ross Stores (ROST) 27.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DECK, NKE and ROST?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ross Stores (ROST) leads on 7. 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.