VF (VFC) Competitors

Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) and VF (NYSE:VFC) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, TPR or VFC?

Tapestry has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VF has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TPR or VFC?

90.8% of Tapestry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of VF shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Tapestry shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of VF shares are owned 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.

Do analysts rate TPR or VFC?

Tapestry presently has a consensus price target of $64.76, indicating a potential downside of 9.50%. VF has a consensus price target of $19.63, indicating a potential downside of 16.83%. Given Tapestry's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Tapestry is more favorable than VF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tapestry	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
VF	3 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Is TPR or VFC a better dividend stock?

Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. VF pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Tapestry pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VF pays out -20.8% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TPR or VFC?

Tapestry received 624 more outperform votes than VF when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.98% of users gave Tapestry an outperform vote while only 65.13% of users gave VF an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tapestry	Outperform Votes 1599 69.98%	Underperform Votes 686 30.02%
VF	Outperform Votes 975 65.13%	Underperform Votes 522 34.87%

Does the media prefer TPR or VFC?

In the previous week, Tapestry had 2 more articles in the media than VF. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Tapestry and 16 mentions for VF. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat VF's score of -0.13 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tapestry	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
VF	1 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TPR or VFC more profitable?

Tapestry has a net margin of 12.12% compared to VF's net margin of -6.68%. Tapestry's return on equity of 36.26% beat VF's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tapestry	12.12%	36.26%	7.50%
VF	-6.68%	12.53%	1.71%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TPR or VFC?

Tapestry has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VF. VF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tapestry, 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
Tapestry	$6.67B	2.50	$816M	$3.46	20.68
VF	$10.45B	0.88	-$968.88M	-$1.73	-13.64

Summary

Tapestry beats VF on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.