Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. NKE scored 44.2, BIRK scored 68.5 — BIRK leads.
Compare another set
NKE
NIKE, Inc.
Footwear & Accessories · Quality-Growth
44.2
$34.71 · $51.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
24.3
BIRK leads
BIRK
Birkenstock Holding plc
Footwear & Accessories · Quality-Growth
68.5
$33.65 · $5.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestBIRK15.5x
Fastest growthBIRK+16.2%
Strongest balance sheetBIRK0.69
Highest qualityNKE73 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
NKE
stronger →← stronger
BIRK
73
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
60
30
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
87
40
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
72
BIRK is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
NKE
BIRK
$2.2bB
FCF
$327mC
+0.2%C
Rev
+16.2%B+
0.73B+
D/E
0.69B+
16.7xB
P/E
15.5xB+
1.48B
PEG
0.95B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
NKE
BIRK
83% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
2% above
~17%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~13%/yr
-43%
1-yr DCF upside
-19%
-45%
5-yr DCF upside
-2%
-48%
10-yr DCF upside
+27%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
NKE
BIRK
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Short track record
Foreign reporter (EUR)
The companies
NKENIKE, Inc.
Footwear & Accessories · $34.71 · beta 1.10
Why now
Footwear & Accessories · market cap $51.6b. Down 51% from 52-week high of $70.44 — deep drawdown territory. 36 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $38.04 (implying +10% upside).
Moat
ROE 22% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. $51.6b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Down 51% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Dividend payout 79% of earnings on a 4.7% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
BIRKBirkenstock Holding plc
Footwear & Accessories · $33.65 · beta 1.30
Why now
Footwear & Accessories · market cap $5.6b. Down 34% from 52-week high of $50.73 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +16%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.95 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $50.16 (implying +49% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Down 34% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
Not investment advice. The Bull Rankings publishes a quantitative ranking model and accompanying analysis for general informational purposes only. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security; nothing is personalized to your circumstances, risk tolerance, or tax situation. Investing carries the risk of loss — invest at your own risk and consider consulting a licensed financial professional before acting on anything you read here. See terms and methodology for full disclosures.
Where NKE and BIRK diverge
On the headline score the gap is 24.3 points in favor of BIRK. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthNKE 30.0 · BIRK 86.6BIRK +56.6
ValueNKE 39.7 · BIRK 72.3BIRK +32.6
QualityNKE 72.7 · BIRK 59.9NKE +12.8
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is BIRK or NKE the better stock?
BIRK scores higher: BIRK 68.5, NKE 44.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do BIRK and NKE differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where BIRK leads by 57 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are BIRK and NKE scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.