KTB vs. VFC, OXM, PVH, RL, ASAI, IGT, VAC, GOLF, MLCO, and LOPE
Should you be buying Kontoor Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kontoor Brands include V.F. (VFC), Oxford Industries (OXM), PVH (PVH), Ralph Lauren (RL), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), International Game Technology (IGT), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Acushnet (GOLF), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), and Grand Canyon Education (LOPE). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
V.F. (NYSE:VFC) and Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
86.8% of V.F. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of V.F. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
V.F. has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kontoor Brands has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kontoor Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than V.F.. V.F. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kontoor Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Kontoor Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. V.F. pays out -18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kontoor Brands pays out 50.6% 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. Kontoor Brands has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Kontoor Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Kontoor Brands has a net margin of 8.72% compared to Kontoor Brands' net margin of -7.07%. V.F.'s return on equity of 71.45% beat Kontoor Brands' return on equity.
V.F. received 885 more outperform votes than Kontoor Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.76% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave Kontoor Brands an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kontoor Brands had 15 more articles in the media than V.F.. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kontoor Brands and 2 mentions for V.F.. V.F.'s average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Kontoor Brands' score of -0.17 indicating that Kontoor Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
V.F. presently has a consensus price target of $17.88, suggesting a potential upside of 40.31%. Kontoor Brands has a consensus price target of $75.20, suggesting a potential upside of 9.33%. Given Kontoor Brands' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe V.F. is more favorable than Kontoor Brands.
Summary
Kontoor Brands beats V.F. on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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