RL vs. TPR, VFC, PVH, COLM, HBI, CRI, GIII, OXM, MOV, and VRA
Should you be buying Ralph Lauren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ralph Lauren include Tapestry (TPR), VF (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Hanesbrands (HBI), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), and Vera Bradley (VRA). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Ralph Lauren vs.
Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Tapestry received 807 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave Tapestry an outperform vote while only 62.23% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.
90.8% of Tapestry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Tapestry shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tapestry has a net margin of 12.12% compared to Ralph Lauren's net margin of 10.15%. Tapestry's return on equity of 36.26% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.
Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Tapestry pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ralph Lauren pays out 31.5% 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.
Tapestry presently has a consensus target price of $61.24, suggesting a potential downside of 4.54%. Ralph Lauren has a consensus target price of $223.90, suggesting a potential downside of 2.77%. Given Ralph Lauren's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ralph Lauren is more favorable than Tapestry.
In the previous week, Tapestry had 4 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Tapestry and 14 mentions for Ralph Lauren. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 0.80 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tapestry has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tapestry has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ralph Lauren. Tapestry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tapestry beats Ralph Lauren on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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