OXM vs. VFC, KTB, MSGE, TV, BOWL, AFYA, HBI, SPHR, AMWD, and LZB
Should you be buying Oxford Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Industries include V.F. (VFC), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Bowlero (BOWL), Afya (AFYA), Hanesbrands (HBI), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), American Woodmark (AMWD), and La-Z-Boy (LZB).
V.F. (NYSE:VFC) and Oxford Industries (NYSE:OXM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, V.F. had 6 more articles in the media than Oxford Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for V.F. and 5 mentions for Oxford Industries. Oxford Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat V.F.'s score of 0.33 indicating that V.F. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
V.F. has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Industries. V.F. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oxford Industries, 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%. Oxford Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. V.F. pays out -18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oxford Industries pays out 72.6% 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. Oxford Industries has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
V.F. currently has a consensus price target of $17.88, indicating a potential upside of 41.42%. Oxford Industries has a consensus price target of $103.60, indicating a potential downside of 2.91%. Given Oxford Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe V.F. is more favorable than Oxford Industries.
Oxford Industries has a net margin of 3.86% compared to Oxford Industries' net margin of -7.07%. V.F.'s return on equity of 26.71% beat Oxford Industries' return on equity.
86.8% of V.F. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of Oxford Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of V.F. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Oxford Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
V.F. has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Industries has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
V.F. received 513 more outperform votes than Oxford Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.76% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote while only 63.61% of users gave Oxford Industries an outperform vote.
Summary
V.F. beats Oxford Industries on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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