OXM vs. VFC, PVH, KTB, LEG, VSCO, HBI, SGHC, AFYA, PTON, and PRDO Should you be buying Oxford Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Industries include V.F. (VFC), PVH (PVH), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO), Hanesbrands (HBI), Super Group (SGHC), Afya (AFYA), Peloton Interactive (PTON), and Perdoceo Education (PRDO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
V.F. (NYSE:VFC ) and Oxford Industries (NYSE:OXM ) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Oxford Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. V.F. pays out -18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oxford Industries pays out 72.6% 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. Oxford Industries has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
86.8% of V.F. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of Oxford Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of V.F. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Oxford Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
V.F. has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Industries has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Industries has a net margin of 3.86% compared to Oxford Industries' net margin of -7.07%. V.F.'s return on equity of 26.71% beat Oxford Industries' return on equity.
V.F. has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Industries. V.F. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oxford Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
V.F. currently has a consensus price target of $17.31, suggesting a potential upside of 35.68%. Oxford Industries has a consensus price target of $103.60, suggesting a potential downside of 2.17%. Given Oxford Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe V.F. is more favorable than Oxford Industries.
V.F. received 514 more outperform votes than Oxford Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote while only 63.61% of users gave Oxford Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, V.F. had 32 more articles in the media than Oxford Industries. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for V.F. and 5 mentions for Oxford Industries. V.F.'s average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Oxford Industries' score of 0.35 indicating that Oxford Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary Oxford Industries beats V.F. on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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