COLM vs. RL, VFC, PVH, HBI, CRI, GIII, OXM, MOV, VRA, and FOSL
Should you be buying Columbia Sportswear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Sportswear include Ralph Lauren (RL), VF (VFC), PVH (PVH), Hanesbrands (HBI), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), Vera Bradley (VRA), and Fossil Group (FOSL). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Columbia Sportswear vs.
Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) and Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Ralph Lauren presently has a consensus target price of $279.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.46%. Columbia Sportswear has a consensus target price of $88.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.55%. Given Ralph Lauren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ralph Lauren is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.
In the previous week, Ralph Lauren had 7 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ralph Lauren and 6 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Ralph Lauren's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Columbia Sportswear's score of 0.86 indicating that Ralph Lauren is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ralph Lauren has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear 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 has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ralph Lauren received 315 more outperform votes than Columbia Sportswear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote while only 56.94% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.
Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ralph Lauren pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Sportswear pays out 31.0% 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.
Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Columbia Sportswear's net margin of 6.63%. Ralph Lauren's return on equity of 30.88% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.
Summary
Ralph Lauren beats Columbia Sportswear on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:COLM) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
