Hanesbrands (HBI) Competitors

Hanesbrands (NYSE:HBI) and VF (NYSE:VFC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, HBI or VFC?

Hanesbrands has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VF has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HBI or VFC a better dividend stock?

Hanesbrands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. VF pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Hanesbrands pays out -90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VF pays out -20.8% 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. Hanesbrands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer HBI or VFC?

In the previous week, VF had 6 more articles in the media than Hanesbrands. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for VF and 4 mentions for Hanesbrands. Hanesbrands' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat VF's score of -0.61 indicating that Hanesbrands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hanesbrands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
VF	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

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

80.3% of Hanesbrands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of VF shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hanesbrands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of VF shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HBI or VFC?

Hanesbrands currently has a consensus target price of $6.90, suggesting a potential downside of 16.16%. VF has a consensus target price of $19.11, suggesting a potential downside of 14.25%. Given VF's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe VF is more favorable than Hanesbrands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hanesbrands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
VF	3 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HBI or VFC?

VF received 206 more outperform votes than Hanesbrands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.43% of users gave Hanesbrands an outperform vote while only 65.13% of users gave VF an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hanesbrands	Outperform Votes 767 70.43%	Underperform Votes 322 29.57%
VF	Outperform Votes 973 65.13%	Underperform Votes 521 34.87%

Which has better earnings & valuation, HBI or VFC?

Hanesbrands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VF. VF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hanesbrands, 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
Hanesbrands	$5.47B	0.53	-$17.73M	-$0.66	-12.47
VF	$10.09B	0.86	-$968.88M	-$1.73	-12.88

Is HBI or VFC more profitable?

Hanesbrands has a net margin of -5.24% compared to VF's net margin of -6.68%. Hanesbrands' return on equity of 44.72% beat VF's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hanesbrands	-5.24%	44.72%	1.97%
VF	-6.68%	12.53%	1.71%

Summary

Hanesbrands beats VF on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.