RL vs. PVH, VFC, KTB, SRAD, SKX, BJ, WYNN, SN, CHDN, and TTC
Should you be buying Ralph Lauren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ralph Lauren include PVH (PVH), V.F. (VFC), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), SharkNinja (SN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), and Toro (TTC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
PVH (NYSE:PVH) and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
PVH has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PVH has higher revenue and earnings than Ralph Lauren. PVH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 8.90% compared to Ralph Lauren's net margin of 7.20%. PVH's return on equity of 25.88% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.
PVH received 238 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.01% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 62.03% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ralph Lauren had 8 more articles in the media than PVH. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ralph Lauren and 8 mentions for PVH. Ralph Lauren's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat PVH's score of 0.78 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
97.3% of PVH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of PVH shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.1% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PVH currently has a consensus price target of $128.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.64%. Ralph Lauren has a consensus price target of $168.08, suggesting a potential upside of 0.12%. Given Ralph Lauren's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PVH is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.
PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. PVH pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ralph Lauren pays out 34.0% 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. Ralph Lauren has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Ralph Lauren is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
PVH beats Ralph Lauren on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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