AS vs. LEVI, GIL, COLM, ZGN, UAA, CRI, GOOS, GIII, FIGS, and SGC
Should you be buying Amer Sports stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amer Sports include Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Under Armour (UAA), Carter's (CRI), Canada Goose (GOOS), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), FIGS (FIGS), and Superior Group of Companies (SGC). These companies are all part of the "apparel, finished products from fabrics & similar materials" industry.
Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
40.3% of Amer Sports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Amer Sports presently has a consensus price target of $18.79, indicating a potential upside of 22.22%. Levi Strauss & Co. has a consensus price target of $20.56, indicating a potential downside of 14.41%. Given Amer Sports' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Amer Sports is more favorable than Levi Strauss & Co..
Levi Strauss & Co. has a net margin of 2.05% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of 0.00%. Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity of 20.68% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.
Levi Strauss & Co. received 124 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote.
Levi Strauss & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Amer Sports.
In the previous week, Levi Strauss & Co. had 5 more articles in the media than Amer Sports. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co. and 1 mentions for Amer Sports. Amer Sports' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Levi Strauss & Co.'s score of 0.39 indicating that Amer Sports is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Levi Strauss & Co. beats Amer Sports on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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