PVH vs. RL, TPR, VFC, COLM, CRI, HBI, OXM, GIII, MOV, and VRA
Should you be buying PVH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PVH include Ralph Lauren (RL), Tapestry (TPR), V.F. (VFC), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Carter's (CRI), Hanesbrands (HBI), Oxford Industries (OXM), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Movado Group (MOV), and Vera Bradley (VRA). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) and PVH (NYSE:PVH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 9.75% compared to Ralph Lauren's net margin of 7.53%. PVH's return on equity of 27.90% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.
In the previous week, PVH had 42 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for PVH and 8 mentions for Ralph Lauren. PVH's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 0.43 indicating that Ralph Lauren is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PVH has higher revenue and earnings than Ralph Lauren. PVH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of PVH shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.1% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PVH shares are owned 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.
Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PVH has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ralph Lauren presently has a consensus target price of $170.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.20%. PVH has a consensus target price of $133.81, suggesting a potential upside of 11.57%. Given Ralph Lauren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PVH is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.
PVH received 244 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.07% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.
Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ralph Lauren pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PVH pays out 1.3% 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. Ralph Lauren has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Ralph Lauren is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
PVH beats Ralph Lauren on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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