CRI vs. COLM, PVH, 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 Columbia Sportswear (COLM), PVH (PVH), 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.
Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbia Sportswear received 93 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.22% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote while only 56.94% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.
Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Columbia Sportswear pays out 31.0% 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.
Carter's has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.7% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Carter's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Columbia Sportswear presently has a consensus target price of $88.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.52%. Carter's has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.37%. Given Carter's' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carter's is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.
In the previous week, Columbia Sportswear had 1 more articles in the media than Carter's. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Columbia Sportswear and 6 mentions for Carter's. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Carter's' score of 0.78 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Columbia Sportswear beats Carter's on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CRI) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
