COLM vs. UA, CRI, GIII, GIL, UAA, AS, VFC, IQ, WHR, and BYD
Should you be buying Columbia Sportswear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Sportswear include Under Armour (UA), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Under Armour (UAA), Amer Sports (AS), V.F. (VFC), iQIYI (IQ), Whirlpool (WHR), and Boyd Gaming (BYD). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Under Armour (NYSE:UA) and Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
Under Armour has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Under Armour had 30 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Under Armour and 10 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Under Armour's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Columbia Sportswear's score of 0.10 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Columbia Sportswear has a consensus target price of $75.75, suggesting a potential downside of 9.40%. Given Under Armour's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Columbia Sportswear is more favorable than Under Armour.
Columbia Sportswear received 117 more outperform votes than Under Armour when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.45% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.
36.4% of Under Armour shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Under Armour shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Under Armour has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Sportswear. Under Armour is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 7.20% compared to Columbia Sportswear's net margin of 4.19%. Under Armour's return on equity of 13.98% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.
Summary
Columbia Sportswear beats Under Armour on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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