UAA vs. LEVI, AS, GIL, COLM, ZGN, CRI, GIII, GOOS, FIGS, and SGC
Should you be buying Under Armour stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Under Armour include Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Amer Sports (AS), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Canada Goose (GOOS), FIGS (FIGS), and Superior Group of Companies (SGC). These companies are all part of the "apparel, finished products from fabrics & similar materials" industry.
Under Armour (NYSE:UAA) and Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
34.6% of Under Armour shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Under Armour shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Levi Strauss & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Under Armour. Under Armour is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Levi Strauss & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Under Armour currently has a consensus target price of $7.32, suggesting a potential upside of 6.99%. Levi Strauss & Co. has a consensus target price of $20.56, suggesting a potential downside of 12.64%. Given Under Armour's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Under Armour is more favorable than Levi Strauss & Co..
Under Armour has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Levi Strauss & Co. has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Levi Strauss & Co. had 9 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co. and 4 mentions for Under Armour. Under Armour's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s score of 0.72 indicating that Under Armour is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Under Armour received 1293 more outperform votes than Levi Strauss & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.84% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote.
Under Armour has a net margin of 4.19% compared to Levi Strauss & Co.'s net margin of 2.05%. Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity of 20.68% beat Under Armour's return on equity.
Summary
Levi Strauss & Co. beats Under Armour on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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