VRA vs. MOV, FOSL, CPRI, RL, TPR, PVH, VFC, COLM, CRI, and HBI
Should you be buying Vera Bradley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vera Bradley include Movado Group (MOV), Fossil Group (FOSL), Capri (CPRI), Ralph Lauren (RL), Tapestry (TPR), PVH (PVH), V.F. (VFC), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Carter's (CRI), and Hanesbrands (HBI).
Movado Group (NYSE:MOV) and Vera Bradley (NASDAQ:VRA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Movado Group has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vera Bradley has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Movado Group has a net margin of 6.09% compared to Movado Group's net margin of 1.66%. Vera Bradley's return on equity of 8.18% beat Movado Group's return on equity.
Vera Bradley received 154 more outperform votes than Movado Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.90% of users gave Vera Bradley an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave Movado Group an outperform vote.
Movado Group currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.49%. Vera Bradley has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.04%. Given Vera Bradley's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Movado Group is more favorable than Vera Bradley.
In the previous week, Vera Bradley had 1 more articles in the media than Movado Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vera Bradley and 0 mentions for Movado Group. Movado Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Vera Bradley's score of 0.00 indicating that Vera Bradley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Movado Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vera Bradley. Movado 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.
72.1% of Movado Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Vera Bradley shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Movado Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Vera Bradley shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Movado Group beats Vera Bradley on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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