Canada Goose (GOOS) Competitors

Canada Goose (NYSE:GOOS) and Ermenegildo Zegna (NYSE:ZGN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, GOOS or ZGN?

Canada Goose has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ermenegildo Zegna has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GOOS or ZGN?

In the previous week, Canada Goose and Canada Goose both had 6 articles in the media. Canada Goose's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Ermenegildo Zegna's score of 0.58 indicating that Canada Goose is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canada Goose	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ermenegildo Zegna	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GOOS or ZGN?

Canada Goose received 526 more outperform votes than Ermenegildo Zegna when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.66% of users gave Canada Goose an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Ermenegildo Zegna an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canada Goose	Outperform Votes 531 71.66%	Underperform Votes 210 28.34%
Ermenegildo Zegna	Outperform Votes 5 35.71%	Underperform Votes 9 64.29%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GOOS or ZGN?

83.6% of Canada Goose shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Ermenegildo Zegna shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Canada Goose shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ermenegildo Zegna shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate GOOS or ZGN?

Canada Goose currently has a consensus target price of $10.20, suggesting a potential upside of 30.43%. Ermenegildo Zegna has a consensus target price of $8.70, suggesting a potential upside of 26.45%. Given Canada Goose's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canada Goose is more favorable than Ermenegildo Zegna.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canada Goose	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
Ermenegildo Zegna	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is GOOS or ZGN more profitable?

Canada Goose has a net margin of 5.47% compared to Ermenegildo Zegna's net margin of 0.00%. Canada Goose's return on equity of 22.49% beat Ermenegildo Zegna's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canada Goose	5.47%	22.49%	5.99%
Ermenegildo Zegna	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GOOS or ZGN?

Ermenegildo Zegna has higher revenue and earnings than Canada Goose. Ermenegildo Zegna is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canada Goose, 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
Canada Goose	$1.32B	0.57	$43.26M	$0.52	15.04
Ermenegildo Zegna	$1.95B	1.44	$131.53M	$0.53	12.98

Summary

Canada Goose beats Ermenegildo Zegna on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.