Hanesbrands (HBI) Competitors

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

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

86.8% of VF shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Hanesbrands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of VF shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hanesbrands 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 VFC or HBI?

VF presently has a consensus target price of $18.19, suggesting a potential downside of 2.43%. Hanesbrands has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 29.04%. Given VF's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe VF is more favorable than Hanesbrands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VF	3 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Hanesbrands	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VFC or HBI?

VF received 205 more outperform votes than Hanesbrands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.40% of users gave Hanesbrands an outperform vote while only 65.12% of users gave VF an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VF	Outperform Votes 971 65.12%	Underperform Votes 520 34.88%
Hanesbrands	Outperform Votes 766 70.40%	Underperform Votes 322 29.60%

Which has more risk and volatility, VFC or HBI?

VF has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanesbrands has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, VFC or HBI?

Hanesbrands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VF. Hanesbrands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VF, 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	$10.45B	0.69	-$968.88M	-$1.73	-10.77
Hanesbrands	$5.64B	0.53	-$17.73M	-$0.66	-12.81

Does the media favor VFC or HBI?

In the previous week, VF had 7 more articles in the media than Hanesbrands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for VF and 5 mentions for Hanesbrands. Hanesbrands' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat VF's score of -0.17 indicating that Hanesbrands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VF	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hanesbrands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VFC or HBI 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
VF	-6.68%	12.53%	1.71%
Hanesbrands	-5.24%	44.72%	1.97%

Summary

VF beats Hanesbrands on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.