Amer Sports (AS) Competitors

Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and ON (NYSE:ONON) are both large-cap apparel companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts prefer AS or ONON?

Amer Sports currently has a consensus target price of $40.29, suggesting a potential downside of 2.92%. ON has a consensus target price of $64.20, suggesting a potential upside of 38.13%. Given ON's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ON is more favorable than Amer Sports.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amer Sports	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
ON	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Does the media favor AS or ONON?

In the previous week, Amer Sports had 26 more articles in the media than ON. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Amer Sports and 16 mentions for ON. ON's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Amer Sports' score of 0.62 indicating that ON is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amer Sports	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ON	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, AS or ONON?

Amer Sports has a beta of 3.31, suggesting that its stock price is 231% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ON has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AS or ONON?

40.3% of Amer Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of ON shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.6% of ON shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AS or ONON?

ON has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amer Sports. Amer Sports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ON, 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
Amer Sports	$5.46B	4.21	$72.60M	$0.41	101.22
ON	$2.63B	11.11	$275.23M	$0.45	103.28

Is AS or ONON more profitable?

ON has a net margin of 4.45% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of 3.93%. ON's return on equity of 8.75% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amer Sports	3.93%	6.87%	3.94%
ON	4.45%	8.75%	5.10%

Summary

ON beats Amer Sports on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.