VFC vs. PVH, OXM, RL, KTB, COLM, BYD, WHR, RRR, IQ, 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), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Whirlpool (WHR), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), iQIYI (IQ), and Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
PVH (NYSE:PVH) and V.F. (NYSE:VFC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
PVH received 44 more outperform votes than V.F. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.01% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 66.74% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote.
PVH has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
PVH has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, V.F. has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PVH presently has a consensus target price of $128.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.64%. V.F. has a consensus target price of $17.31, suggesting a potential upside of 35.68%. Given PVH's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe V.F. is more favorable than PVH.
PVH has a net margin of 7.20% compared to PVH's net margin of -7.07%. PVH's return on equity of 19.03% beat V.F.'s return on equity.
PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. PVH pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. V.F. pays out -18.3% 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. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, V.F. had 30 more articles in the media than PVH. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for V.F. and 8 mentions for PVH. V.F.'s average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat PVH's score of 0.35 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
97.3% of PVH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of V.F. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of PVH shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of V.F. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
PVH beats V.F. on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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