PVH vs. VFC, RL, OXM, KTB, MAT, LBTYK, REYN, BFAM, LBTYA, and HRB
Should you be buying PVH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PVH include V.F. (VFC), Ralph Lauren (RL), Oxford Industries (OXM), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Mattel (MAT), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Liberty Global (LBTYA), and H&R Block (HRB). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
PVH (NYSE:PVH) and V.F. (NYSE:VFC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
PVH received 45 more outperform votes than V.F. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.01% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote.
PVH presently has a consensus price target of $128.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.13%. V.F. has a consensus price target of $17.88, indicating a potential upside of 46.82%. Given V.F.'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe V.F. is more favorable than PVH.
PVH has a net margin of 7.20% compared to V.F.'s net margin of -7.07%. V.F.'s return on equity of 19.03% beat PVH's return on equity.
97.3% of PVH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of V.F. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of PVH shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of V.F. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PVH has higher earnings, but lower revenue than V.F.. V.F. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PVH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PVH has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, V.F. has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PVH had 16 more articles in the media than V.F.. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for PVH and 12 mentions for V.F.. PVH's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat V.F.'s score of 0.30 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. PVH pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. V.F. pays out -18.3% 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. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
PVH beats V.F. on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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