HBI vs. VFC, PVH, COLM, CRI, GIII, OXM, MOV, VRA, FOSL, and TPR
Should you be buying Hanesbrands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanesbrands include VF (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), Vera Bradley (VRA), Fossil Group (FOSL), and Tapestry (TPR). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Hanesbrands vs.
VF (NYSE:VFC) and Hanesbrands (NYSE:HBI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, VF had 17 more articles in the media than Hanesbrands. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for VF and 3 mentions for Hanesbrands. Hanesbrands' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat VF's score of -0.03 indicating that Hanesbrands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
VF has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanesbrands has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
VF received 208 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.
Hanesbrands has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
86.8% of VF shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Hanesbrands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of VF shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hanesbrands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
VF presently has a consensus price target of $19.63, suggesting a potential downside of 17.19%. Hanesbrands has a consensus price target of $6.90, suggesting a potential downside of 16.74%. Given Hanesbrands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hanesbrands is more favorable than VF.
Summary
Hanesbrands beats VF on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HBI) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
