AS vs. GIL, COLM, UAA, CRI, DLB, MHK, CZR, TAL, PARA, and HAS
Should you be buying Amer Sports stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amer Sports include Gildan Activewear (GIL), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Under Armour (UAA), Carter's (CRI), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Mohawk Industries (MHK), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), TAL Education Group (TAL), Paramount Global (PARA), and Hasbro (HAS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 14 more articles in the media than Amer Sports. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 6 mentions for Amer Sports. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Amer Sports' score of 0.04 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amer Sports presently has a consensus target price of $18.86, suggesting a potential upside of 16.76%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus target price of $41.95, suggesting a potential upside of 18.58%. Given Gildan Activewear's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Amer Sports.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Amer Sports' net margin of 0.00%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 24.00% beat Amer Sports' return on equity.
Gildan Activewear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amer Sports.
40.3% of Amer Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gildan Activewear received 689 more outperform votes than Amer Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.35% of users gave Amer Sports an outperform vote while only 69.60% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Amer Sports on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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