Movado Group (MOV) Competitors

Movado Group (NYSE:MOV) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, MOV or CRI?

Movado Group has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MOV or CRI?

In the previous week, Carter's had 2 more articles in the media than Movado Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Carter's and 4 mentions for Movado Group. Movado Group's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Carter's' score of 0.89 indicating that Movado Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Movado Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carter's	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MOV or CRI more profitable?

Carter's has a net margin of 8.11% compared to Movado Group's net margin of 3.62%. Carter's' return on equity of 27.15% beat Movado Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Movado Group	3.62%	5.38%	3.59%
Carter's	8.11%	27.15%	9.61%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MOV or CRI?

72.1% of Movado Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.1% of Movado Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Carter's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer MOV or CRI?

Movado Group presently has a consensus price target of $36.25, indicating a potential upside of 104.69%. Carter's has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.37%. Given Movado Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Movado Group is more favorable than Carter's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Movado Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Carter's	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Which has better valuation & earnings, MOV or CRI?

Carter's has higher revenue and earnings than Movado Group. Carter's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Movado Group, 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
Movado Group	$658.33M	0.60	$46.71M	$1.04	17.03
Carter's	$2.84B	0.53	$232.50M	$5.11	8.17

Is MOV or CRI a better dividend stock?

Movado Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Movado Group pays out 134.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carter's pays out 62.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MOV or CRI?

Carter's received 185 more outperform votes than Movado Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.22% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Movado Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Movado Group	Outperform Votes 210 55.56%	Underperform Votes 168 44.44%
Carter's	Outperform Votes 395 59.22%	Underperform Votes 272 40.78%

Summary

Carter's beats Movado Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.