VFC vs. PVH, OXM, RL, KTB, COLM, IQ, WHR, BYD, HGV, and MSGS
Should you be buying V.F. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of V.F. include PVH (PVH), Oxford Industries (OXM), Ralph Lauren (RL), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), iQIYI (IQ), Whirlpool (WHR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), and Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
V.F. (NYSE:VFC) and PVH (NYSE:PVH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. V.F. pays out -18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PVH pays out 1.4% 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.
V.F. currently has a consensus target price of $17.88, suggesting a potential upside of 41.98%. PVH has a consensus target price of $128.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.78%. Given V.F.'s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe V.F. is more favorable than PVH.
V.F. has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PVH has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
PVH has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
86.8% of V.F. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of PVH shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of V.F. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PVH shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, PVH had 4 more articles in the media than V.F.. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PVH and 2 mentions for V.F.. PVH's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat V.F.'s score of -0.17 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
PVH beats V.F. on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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