GIII vs. SGC, JRSH, UA, VFC, COLM, CRI, HBI, OXM, MOV, and VRA
Should you be buying G-III Apparel Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of G-III Apparel Group include Superior Group of Companies (SGC), Jerash Holdings (US) (JRSH), Under Armour (UA), V.F. (VFC), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Carter's (CRI), Hanesbrands (HBI), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), and Vera Bradley (VRA).
G-III Apparel Group (NASDAQ:GIII) and Superior Group of Companies (NASDAQ:SGC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
G-III Apparel Group currently has a consensus target price of $25.83, indicating a potential downside of 14.06%. Superior Group of Companies has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.37%. Given Superior Group of Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Superior Group of Companies is more favorable than G-III Apparel Group.
G-III Apparel Group received 293 more outperform votes than Superior Group of Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.49% of users gave Superior Group of Companies an outperform vote while only 63.38% of users gave G-III Apparel Group an outperform vote.
G-III Apparel Group has a net margin of 5.69% compared to Superior Group of Companies' net margin of 2.14%. G-III Apparel Group's return on equity of 13.07% beat Superior Group of Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Superior Group of Companies had 2 more articles in the media than G-III Apparel Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Superior Group of Companies and 5 mentions for G-III Apparel Group. Superior Group of Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat G-III Apparel Group's score of 0.85 indicating that Superior Group of Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.1% of G-III Apparel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Superior Group of Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of G-III Apparel Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Superior Group of Companies 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.
G-III Apparel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Superior Group of Companies. G-III Apparel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Superior Group of Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
G-III Apparel Group has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Superior Group of Companies has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
G-III Apparel Group and Superior Group of Companies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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