CRI vs. GIII, COLM, UAA, GIL, AS, CUK, PENN, SPB, ATAT, and LEG
Should you be buying Carter's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carter's include G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Under Armour (UAA), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Amer Sports (AS), Carnival Co. & (CUK), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), and Leggett & Platt (LEG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
G-III Apparel Group (NASDAQ:GIII) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Carter's had 2 more articles in the media than G-III Apparel Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Carter's and 1 mentions for G-III Apparel Group. Carter's' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat G-III Apparel Group's score of 1.25 indicating that G-III Apparel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.1% of G-III Apparel Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of G-III Apparel Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Carter's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
G-III Apparel Group has a beta of 2.38, indicating that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Carter's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than G-III Apparel Group. G-III Apparel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carter's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
G-III Apparel Group received 138 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.38% of users gave G-III Apparel Group an outperform vote while only 59.85% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote.
G-III Apparel Group currently has a consensus price target of $25.83, suggesting a potential downside of 9.61%. Carter's has a consensus price target of $73.80, suggesting a potential upside of 4.62%. Given G-III Apparel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carter's is more favorable than G-III Apparel Group.
Carter's has a net margin of 8.06% compared to Carter's' net margin of 5.69%. G-III Apparel Group's return on equity of 28.55% beat Carter's' return on equity.
Summary
Carter's beats G-III Apparel Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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