Analysts were expecting Brown Shoe Co. Inc. (BWS) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.41 for last quarter, but BWS beat expectations with actual earnings of $0.42---1 cent above the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.32 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that BWS’s earnings are up this year.

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Also, if you compare BWS's 10.00% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 13.13% for the Textile - Apparel Footwear & Accessories industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect BWS to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

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Drilling down a little deeper into the Textile - Apparel Footwear & Accessories industry, you can see how analysts believe BWS will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (ICON) [Chart - News - Analysis] and CROCS Inc. (CROX) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe ICON's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 15.88% while CROX's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 16.67%.

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