FOSL vs. VRA, MOV, RL, TPR, PVH, COLM, VFC, CRI, HBI, and OXM
Should you be buying Fossil Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fossil Group include Vera Bradley (VRA), Movado Group (MOV), Ralph Lauren (RL), Tapestry (TPR), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), V.F. (VFC), Carter's (CRI), Hanesbrands (HBI), and Oxford Industries (OXM). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Fossil Group (NASDAQ:FOSL) and Vera Bradley (NASDAQ:VRA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Vera Bradley had 1 more articles in the media than Fossil Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vera Bradley and 5 mentions for Fossil Group. Fossil Group's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Vera Bradley's score of 0.90 indicating that Fossil Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vera Bradley has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fossil Group. Fossil Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vera Bradley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vera Bradley has a net margin of 1.66% compared to Fossil Group's net margin of -10.44%. Vera Bradley's return on equity of 6.69% beat Fossil Group's return on equity.
61.1% of Fossil Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Fossil Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fossil Group has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vera Bradley has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fossil Group received 266 more outperform votes than Vera Bradley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.90% of users gave Vera Bradley an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Fossil Group an outperform vote.
Vera Bradley has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.94%. Given Vera Bradley's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vera Bradley is more favorable than Fossil Group.
Summary
Vera Bradley beats Fossil Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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