Carter's (CRI) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend PVH or CRI?

PVH currently has a consensus price target of $126.53, suggesting a potential upside of 31.16%. Carter's has a consensus price target of $67.67, suggesting a potential upside of 32.81%. Given Carter's' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Carter's is more favorable than PVH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PVH	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Carter's	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Which has more volatility and risk, PVH or CRI?

PVH has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PVH or CRI more profitable?

PVH has a net margin of 8.37% compared to Carter's' net margin of 8.11%. Carter's' return on equity of 27.15% beat PVH's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PVH	8.37%	13.94%	6.42%
Carter's	8.11%	27.15%	9.61%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PVH or CRI?

PVH received 637 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.22% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PVH	Outperform Votes 1032 71.22%	Underperform Votes 417 28.78%
Carter's	Outperform Votes 395 59.49%	Underperform Votes 269 40.51%

Which has better earnings & valuation, PVH or CRI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PVH	$9.22B	0.58	$663.60M	$12.60	7.66
Carter's	$2.95B	0.62	$232.50M	$6.30	8.09

Does the media refer more to PVH or CRI?

In the previous week, Carter's had 3 more articles in the media than PVH. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Carter's and 9 mentions for PVH. PVH's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Carter's' score of 0.62 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PVH	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carter's	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PVH or CRI?

97.3% of PVH shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of PVH shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Carter's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PVH or CRI a better dividend stock?

PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. PVH pays out 1.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carter's pays out 50.8% 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.

Summary

PVH beats Carter's on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.