PVH vs. RL, TPR, COLM, VFC, CRI, HBI, OXM, GIII, MOV, and VRA
Should you be buying PVH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PVH include Ralph Lauren (RL), Tapestry (TPR), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), V.F. (VFC), Carter's (CRI), Hanesbrands (HBI), Oxford Industries (OXM), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Movado Group (MOV), and Vera Bradley (VRA). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
PVH (NYSE:PVH) and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
97.3% of PVH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PVH shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.1% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PVH received 237 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.03% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.
PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. PVH pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ralph Lauren pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
PVH has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 9.75% compared to PVH's net margin of 7.20%. Ralph Lauren's return on equity of 27.90% beat PVH's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ralph Lauren had 7 more articles in the media than PVH. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ralph Lauren and 19 mentions for PVH. PVH's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 0.37 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PVH currently has a consensus price target of $128.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.07%. Ralph Lauren has a consensus price target of $170.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.76%. Given PVH's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe PVH is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.
PVH has higher revenue and earnings than Ralph Lauren. PVH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PVH beats Ralph Lauren on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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