COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
BIRK vs UAA
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BIRK scored 66.9, UAA scored 23.6 — BIRK leads.
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Different reporting periods. UAA's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but BIRK's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
BIRK
Birkenstock Holding plc
66.9
$35.64 · $5.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
43.3
BIRK leads
UAA
Under Armour, Inc.
23.6
$5.39 · $2.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- Fastest growthBIRK+14.7%
- Strongest balance sheetBIRK0.69
- Highest qualityBIRK63 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueBIRK-11%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BIRK
stronger →← stronger
UAA
63
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
24
89
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
14
62
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
38
BIRK is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BIRK
UAA
$362mC
FCF
-$81mF
+14.7%B+
Rev
-3.6%D+
0.69B+
D/E
0.96B
16.7xB+
P/E
—
1.03B+
PEG
1.21B
—
P/S
0.5xA-
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
BIRK
UAA
11% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
—
~11%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
—
-12%
1-yr DCF upside
—
+12%
5-yr DCF upside
—
+59%
10-yr DCF upside
—
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BIRK
Why this score
- Diluting shareholders
- Short track record
- Foreign reporter (EUR)
UAA
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
BIRKBirkenstock Holding plc
Why now
Footwear & Accessories · market cap $5.9b. Down 33% from 52-week high of $53.53 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +15%, comfortably above the S&P median. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $54.54 (implying +53% upside).
Moat
Net margin 18% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Down 33% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
UAAUnder Armour, Inc.
Why now
Apparel Manufacturing · market cap $2.3b. Down 34% from 52-week high of $8.15 — deep drawdown territory. 18 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $6.40 (implying +19% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$81m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Currently unprofitable (margin -10.0%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis 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
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Where BIRK and UAA diverge
On the headline score the gap is 43.3 points in favor of BIRK. The widest single difference is Growth, where BIRK leads by 75.2 points.
- GrowthBIRK 89.3 · UAA 14.1BIRK +75.2
- QualityBIRK 62.8 · UAA 24.2BIRK +38.6
- ValueBIRK 62.4 · UAA 38.5BIRK +23.9
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a 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.