VF (VFC) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, VFC or TPR?

VF has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tapestry has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VFC or TPR 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
VF	-6.68%	12.53%	1.71%
Tapestry	12.12%	36.26%	7.50%

Does the media prefer VFC or TPR?

In the previous week, Tapestry had 10 more articles in the media than VF. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Tapestry and 10 mentions for VF. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat VF's score of -0.25 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VF	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tapestry	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in VFC or TPR?

86.8% of VF shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Tapestry shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of VF shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Tapestry shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VFC or TPR?

Tapestry has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
VF	$10.09B	0.86	-$968.88M	-$1.73	-12.91
Tapestry	$6.67B	2.25	$816M	$3.46	18.58

Do analysts rate VFC or TPR?

VF presently has a consensus price target of $19.11, indicating a potential downside of 14.44%. Tapestry has a consensus price target of $59.47, indicating a potential downside of 7.50%. Given Tapestry's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tapestry is more favorable than VF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VF	3 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10
Tapestry	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Is VFC or TPR a better dividend stock?

VF pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. VF pays out -20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tapestry pays out 40.5% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VFC or TPR?

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
VF	Outperform Votes 973 65.13%	Underperform Votes 521 34.87%
Tapestry	Outperform Votes 1597 69.98%	Underperform Votes 685 30.02%

Summary

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