Carter's (CRI) Competitors

Carter's (NYSE:CRI) and Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CRI or COLM?

Carter's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Columbia Sportswear. Carter's 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
Carter's	$2.95B	0.63	$232.50M	$6.30	8.20
Columbia Sportswear	$3.37B	1.56	$223.27M	$3.87	23.70

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CRI or COLM?

47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Carter's 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRI or COLM?

Columbia Sportswear received 93 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.49% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote while only 56.94% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carter's	Outperform Votes 395 59.49%	Underperform Votes 269 40.51%
Columbia Sportswear	Outperform Votes 488 56.94%	Underperform Votes 369 43.06%

Is CRI or COLM more profitable?

Carter's has a net margin of 8.11% compared to Columbia Sportswear's net margin of 6.63%. Carter's' return on equity of 27.15% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carter's	8.11%	27.15%	9.61%
Columbia Sportswear	6.63%	12.23%	7.93%

Does the media refer more to CRI or COLM?

In the previous week, Carter's had 1 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Carter's and 6 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Carter's' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Columbia Sportswear's score of 0.86 indicating that Carter's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carter's	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Columbia Sportswear	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CRI or COLM a better dividend stock?

Carter's pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Carter's pays out 50.8% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, CRI or COLM?

Carter's has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% 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.

Do analysts rate CRI or COLM?

Carter's currently has a consensus target price of $67.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.00%. Columbia Sportswear has a consensus target price of $88.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.06%. Given Carter's' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Carter's is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carter's	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
Columbia Sportswear	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Carter's beats Columbia Sportswear on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.