GIL vs. COLM, AS, UAA, CRI, CHH, WH, LBTYA, BFAM, REYN, and RRR
Should you be buying Gildan Activewear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gildan Activewear include Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Amer Sports (AS), Under Armour (UAA), Carter's (CRI), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) and Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Columbia Sportswear's net margin of 7.20%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 23.89% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.
Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Gildan Activewear pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Sportswear pays out 29.3% 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. Gildan Activewear is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gildan Activewear received 221 more outperform votes than Columbia Sportswear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.60% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.
Gildan Activewear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Columbia Sportswear. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 8 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 20 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Gildan Activewear's score of 0.41 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gildan Activewear currently has a consensus price target of $41.95, indicating a potential upside of 26.75%. Columbia Sportswear has a consensus price target of $75.75, indicating a potential downside of 6.49%. Given Gildan Activewear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.
82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Columbia Sportswear on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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