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.
V.F. (NYSE:VFC) and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
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.
86.8% of V.F. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of V.F. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.1% of Ralph Lauren shares are held 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.
V.F. has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 9.75% compared to V.F.'s net margin of -9.27%. Ralph Lauren's return on equity of 27.90% beat V.F.'s return on equity.
Ralph Lauren has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, V.F. had 29 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 97 mentions for V.F. and 68 mentions for Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat V.F.'s score of -0.16 indicating that Ralph Lauren is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
V.F. presently has a consensus price target of $13.06, indicating a potential upside of 8.54%. Ralph Lauren has a consensus price target of $170.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.04%. Given V.F.'s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe V.F. is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.
V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. V.F. pays out -14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ralph Lauren pays out 30.9% 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. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Ralph Lauren beats V.F. on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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