G-III Apparel Group (GIII) Competitors

G-III Apparel Group (NASDAQ:GIII) and Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is GIII or COLM more profitable?

Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 6.63% compared to G-III Apparel Group's net margin of 5.59%. Columbia Sportswear's return on equity of 12.23% beat G-III Apparel Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
G-III Apparel Group	5.59%	11.66%	6.77%
Columbia Sportswear	6.63%	12.23%	7.93%

Do analysts prefer GIII or COLM?

G-III Apparel Group presently has a consensus target price of $33.17, suggesting a potential upside of 14.96%. Columbia Sportswear has a consensus target price of $88.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.55%. Given G-III Apparel Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe G-III Apparel Group is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
G-III Apparel Group	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Columbia Sportswear	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GIII or COLM?

92.1% of G-III Apparel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of G-III Apparel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by company 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, GIII or COLM?

G-III Apparel Group has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GIII or COLM?

In the previous week, Columbia Sportswear had 2 more articles in the media than G-III Apparel Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Columbia Sportswear and 5 mentions for G-III Apparel Group. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat G-III Apparel Group's score of 0.42 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
G-III Apparel Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Columbia Sportswear	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GIII or COLM?

Columbia Sportswear has higher revenue and earnings than G-III Apparel Group. G-III Apparel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
G-III Apparel Group	$3.10B	0.41	$176.17M	$3.81	7.57
Columbia Sportswear	$3.37B	1.53	$223.27M	$3.87	23.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GIII or COLM?

G-III Apparel Group received 56 more outperform votes than Columbia Sportswear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.89% of users gave G-III Apparel Group an outperform vote while only 56.94% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
G-III Apparel Group	Outperform Votes 544 62.89%	Underperform Votes 321 37.11%
Columbia Sportswear	Outperform Votes 488 56.94%	Underperform Votes 369 43.06%

Summary

Columbia Sportswear beats G-III Apparel Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.