UAA vs. CRI, GIII, COLM, GIL, AS, STRA, UA, MODG, LRN, and SHOO
Should you be buying Under Armour stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Under Armour include Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Amer Sports (AS), Strategic Education (STRA), Under Armour (UA), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Stride (LRN), and Steven Madden (SHOO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Under Armour (NYSE:UAA) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Under Armour had 43 more articles in the media than Carter's. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Under Armour and 11 mentions for Carter's. Carter's' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Under Armour's score of -0.17 indicating that Carter's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carter's has a net margin of 8.06% compared to Under Armour's net margin of 4.19%. Carter's' return on equity of 28.55% beat Under Armour's return on equity.
Under Armour currently has a consensus price target of $7.45, suggesting a potential upside of 9.88%. Carter's has a consensus price target of $73.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.49%. Given Under Armour's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Under Armour is more favorable than Carter's.
Under Armour has higher revenue and earnings than Carter's. Carter's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Under Armour, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
34.6% of Under Armour shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Under Armour shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Carter's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Under Armour received 1036 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.90% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote while only 59.85% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote.
Under Armour has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Under Armour beats Carter's on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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