CRI vs. PVH, COLM, HBI, GIII, OXM, MOV, VRA, FOSL, TPR, and RL
Should you be buying Carter's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carter's include PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Hanesbrands (HBI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), Vera Bradley (VRA), Fossil Group (FOSL), Tapestry (TPR), and Ralph Lauren (RL). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Carter's vs.
Carter's (NYSE:CRI) and PVH (NYSE:PVH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, PVH had 11 more articles in the media than Carter's. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for PVH and 6 mentions for Carter's. Carter's' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat PVH's score of -0.10 indicating that Carter's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
97.3% of PVH shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Carter's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PVH shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Carter's presently has a consensus price target of $67.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.56%. PVH has a consensus price target of $128.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.05%. Given PVH's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PVH is more favorable than Carter's.
Carter's has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PVH has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PVH has higher revenue and earnings than Carter's. PVH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carter's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PVH has a net margin of 8.13% compared to Carter's' net margin of 8.11%. Carter's' return on equity of 27.15% beat PVH's return on equity.
Carter's pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Carter's pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PVH pays out 1.2% 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.
PVH received 641 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.30% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote.
Summary
PVH beats Carter's on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CRI) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
