IQ vs. COLM, VFC, HGV, MSGS, WHR, BYD, ASO, PLNT, LOPE, and NXST
Should you be buying iQIYI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iQIYI include Columbia Sportswear (COLM), V.F. (VFC), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Whirlpool (WHR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), and Nexstar Media Group (NXST). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and iQIYI (NASDAQ:IQ) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Columbia Sportswear received 69 more outperform votes than iQIYI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.88% of users gave iQIYI an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.
In the previous week, iQIYI had 12 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for iQIYI and 10 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat iQIYI's score of 0.34 indicating that iQIYI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Columbia Sportswear currently has a consensus price target of $75.75, indicating a potential downside of 9.40%. iQIYI has a consensus price target of $6.18, indicating a potential upside of 17.49%. Given Columbia Sportswear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iQIYI is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.
Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 7.20% compared to Columbia Sportswear's net margin of 6.23%. Columbia Sportswear's return on equity of 18.06% beat iQIYI's return on equity.
iQIYI has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Sportswear. iQIYI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of iQIYI shares are held by institutional investors. 44.7% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of iQIYI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iQIYI has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
iQIYI beats Columbia Sportswear on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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