VFC vs. RL, TPR, PVH, COLM, CRI, OXM, HBI, GIII, MOV, and VRA
Should you be buying V.F. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of V.F. include Ralph Lauren (RL), Tapestry (TPR), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Carter's (CRI), Oxford Industries (OXM), Hanesbrands (HBI), 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 V.F. (NYSE:VFC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, V.F. has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
V.F. received 193 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.
Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ralph Lauren pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. V.F. pays out -14.4% 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. Ralph Lauren has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 9.75% compared to Ralph Lauren's net margin of -9.27%. V.F.'s return on equity of 27.90% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.
67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of V.F. shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.1% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of V.F. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, V.F. had 11 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for V.F. and 23 mentions for Ralph Lauren. V.F.'s average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 0.08 indicating that Ralph Lauren is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ralph Lauren has higher earnings, but lower revenue than V.F.. V.F. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ralph Lauren currently has a consensus price target of $170.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.76%. V.F. has a consensus price target of $13.06, suggesting a potential downside of 1.64%. Given Ralph Lauren's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe V.F. is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.
Summary
Ralph Lauren beats V.F. on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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