AS vs. LEVI, GIL, ZGN, COLM, UAA, CRI, GOOS, GIII, FIGS, and SGC
Should you be buying Amer Sports stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amer Sports include Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Under Armour (UAA), Carter's (CRI), Canada Goose (GOOS), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), FIGS (FIGS), and Superior Group of Companies (SGC). These companies are all part of the "apparel, finished products from fabrics & similar materials" industry.
Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) and Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Levi Strauss & Co. had 10 more articles in the media than Amer Sports. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co. and 3 mentions for Amer Sports. Levi Strauss & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Amer Sports' score of 0.72 indicating that Amer Sports is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Levi Strauss & Co. has a net margin of 2.05% compared to Levi Strauss & Co.'s net margin of 0.00%. Amer Sports' return on equity of 20.68% beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity.
Levi Strauss & Co. received 124 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote.
Levi Strauss & Co. presently has a consensus target price of $20.56, indicating a potential downside of 12.64%. Amer Sports has a consensus target price of $18.79, indicating a potential upside of 27.88%. Given Levi Strauss & Co.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amer Sports is more favorable than Levi Strauss & Co..
69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Amer Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Levi Strauss & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Amer Sports.
Summary
Levi Strauss & Co. beats Amer Sports on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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