RL vs. PVH, VFC, KTB, BJ, SN, WYNN, SKX, SIRI, CHDN, and SRAD
Should you be buying Ralph Lauren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ralph Lauren include PVH (PVH), V.F. (VFC), Kontoor Brands (KTB), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), SharkNinja (SN), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Sirius XM (SIRI), Churchill Downs (CHDN), and Sportradar Group (SRAD). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) and PVH (NYSE:PVH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PVH has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PVH has higher revenue and earnings than Ralph Lauren. PVH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of PVH shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.1% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PVH shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ralph Lauren had 56 more articles in the media than PVH. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Ralph Lauren and 8 mentions for PVH. PVH's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 0.49 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ralph Lauren pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PVH pays out 1.4% 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.
Ralph Lauren currently has a consensus target price of $170.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.21%. PVH has a consensus target price of $128.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.33%. Given PVH's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PVH is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.
Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 9.75% compared to PVH's net margin of 7.20%. Ralph Lauren's return on equity of 27.90% beat PVH's return on equity.
PVH received 236 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.01% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.
Summary
PVH beats Ralph Lauren on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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