FOSL vs. VRA, TPR, RL, VFC, PVH, COLM, HBI, CRI, GIII, and OXM
Should you be buying Fossil Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fossil Group include Vera Bradley (VRA), Tapestry (TPR), Ralph Lauren (RL), VF (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Hanesbrands (HBI), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), and Oxford Industries (OXM). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Fossil Group vs.
Vera Bradley (NASDAQ:VRA) and Fossil Group (NASDAQ:FOSL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Fossil Group received 267 more outperform votes than Vera Bradley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.81% of users gave Vera Bradley an outperform vote while only 54.05% of users gave Fossil Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fossil Group had 6 more articles in the media than Vera Bradley. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fossil Group and 0 mentions for Vera Bradley. Fossil Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Vera Bradley's score of 0.69 indicating that Fossil Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.9% of Vera Bradley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of Fossil Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Vera Bradley shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fossil Group 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.
Vera Bradley has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fossil Group has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vera Bradley has a net margin of -4.21% compared to Fossil Group's net margin of -10.07%. Vera Bradley's return on equity of -2.74% beat Fossil Group's return on equity.
Vera Bradley has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fossil Group. Vera Bradley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fossil Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vera Bradley beats Fossil Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FOSL) was last updated on 1/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
