HBI vs. COLM, PVH, CRI, GIII, OXM, MOV, VRA, FOSL, TPR, and RL
Should you be buying Hanesbrands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanesbrands include Columbia Sportswear (COLM), PVH (PVH), Carter's (CRI), 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.
Hanesbrands vs.
Hanesbrands (NYSE:HBI) and Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Columbia Sportswear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hanesbrands. Hanesbrands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hanesbrands had 9 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Hanesbrands and 6 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Hanesbrands' score of 0.63 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hanesbrands received 279 more outperform votes than Columbia Sportswear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.37% of users gave Hanesbrands an outperform vote while only 56.94% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.
Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 6.63% compared to Hanesbrands' net margin of -8.06%. Hanesbrands' return on equity of 108.01% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.
80.3% of Hanesbrands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hanesbrands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned 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.
Hanesbrands currently has a consensus price target of $7.10, suggesting a potential upside of 13.51%. Columbia Sportswear has a consensus price target of $88.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.87%. Given Hanesbrands' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hanesbrands is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.
Hanesbrands has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Columbia Sportswear beats Hanesbrands on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HBI) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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