Carter's (CRI) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VFC or CRI?

86.8% of VF shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of VF shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Carter's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, VFC or CRI?

Carter's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VF. VF 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
VF	$10.15B	0.43	-$968.88M	-$1.19	-9.37
Carter's	$2.84B	0.46	$232.50M	$5.11	7.15

Does the media refer more to VFC or CRI?

In the previous week, VF had 28 more articles in the media than Carter's. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for VF and 10 mentions for Carter's. Carter's' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat VF's score of -0.46 indicating that Carter's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VF	9 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Carter's	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VFC or CRI a better dividend stock?

VF pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. VF pays out -30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carter's pays out 62.6% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VFC or CRI?

VF received 584 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.62% of users gave VF an outperform vote while only 59.22% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VF	Outperform Votes 979 64.62%	Underperform Votes 536 35.38%
Carter's	Outperform Votes 395 59.22%	Underperform Votes 272 40.78%

Which has more risk & volatility, VFC or CRI?

VF has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate VFC or CRI?

VF currently has a consensus target price of $22.35, indicating a potential upside of 100.47%. Carter's has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.14%. Given VF's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe VF is more favorable than Carter's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VF	2 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19
Carter's	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Is VFC or CRI more profitable?

Carter's has a net margin of 8.11% compared to VF's net margin of -4.63%. Carter's' return on equity of 27.15% beat VF's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VF	-4.63%	14.86%	1.98%
Carter's	8.11%	27.15%	9.61%

Summary

VF and Carter's tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.