COLM vs. CRI, GIII, GIL, UAA, AS, HGV, MSGS, VFC, ASO, and IQ
Should you be buying Columbia Sportswear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Sportswear include Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Under Armour (UAA), Amer Sports (AS), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), V.F. (VFC), Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO), and iQIYI (IQ). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Carter's has a net margin of 8.06% compared to Columbia Sportswear's net margin of 7.20%. Carter's' return on equity of 28.55% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.
Columbia Sportswear currently has a consensus target price of $75.75, suggesting a potential downside of 4.22%. Carter's has a consensus target price of $73.80, suggesting a potential upside of 4.77%. Given Carter's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Carter's is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.
Columbia Sportswear has higher revenue and earnings than Carter's. Carter's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.0% of Columbia Sportswear 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Columbia Sportswear received 87 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.85% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.
Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Columbia Sportswear pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carter's pays out 50.5% 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.
Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Columbia Sportswear had 12 more articles in the media than Carter's. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Columbia Sportswear and 29 mentions for Carter's. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Carter's' score of 0.35 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Columbia Sportswear beats Carter's on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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