OXM vs. VFC, PVH, KTB, BOWL, AFYA, CWH, MSGE, SGHC, HBI, and PRDO
Should you be buying Oxford Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Industries include V.F. (VFC), PVH (PVH), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Bowlero (BOWL), Afya (AFYA), Camping World (CWH), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Super Group (SGHC), Hanesbrands (HBI), and Perdoceo Education (PRDO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
V.F. (NYSE:VFC) and Oxford Industries (NYSE:OXM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
In the previous week, V.F. had 3 more articles in the media than Oxford Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for V.F. and 1 mentions for Oxford Industries. V.F.'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Oxford Industries' score of -0.14 indicating that Oxford Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
V.F. has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Industries has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
V.F. currently has a consensus target price of $17.88, suggesting a potential upside of 43.81%. Oxford Industries has a consensus target price of $103.60, suggesting a potential downside of 5.16%. Given Oxford Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe V.F. is more favorable than Oxford Industries.
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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Oxford Industries beats V.F. on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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