RL vs. TPR, PVH, COLM, VFC, CRI, HBI, OXM, GIII, MOV, and VRA
Should you be buying Ralph Lauren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ralph Lauren include Tapestry (TPR), PVH (PVH), 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.
Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) and Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Tapestry has higher revenue and earnings than Ralph Lauren. Tapestry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ralph Lauren had 9 more articles in the media than Tapestry. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ralph Lauren and 17 mentions for Tapestry. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 0.37 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ralph Lauren pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tapestry pays out 37.0% 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.
Tapestry received 798 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.95% of users gave Tapestry an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.
Ralph Lauren presently has a consensus target price of $170.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.76%. Tapestry has a consensus target price of $48.31, suggesting a potential upside of 11.09%. Given Tapestry's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tapestry is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.
67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Tapestry shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.1% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Tapestry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tapestry has a net margin of 13.15% compared to Ralph Lauren's net margin of 9.75%. Tapestry's return on equity of 39.78% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.
Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tapestry has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tapestry beats Ralph Lauren on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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