PVH vs. VFC, RL, KTB, LBTYK, MAT, HRB, LBTYA, BFAM, BYD, and REYN
Should you be buying PVH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PVH include V.F. (VFC), Ralph Lauren (RL), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Mattel (MAT), H&R Block (HRB), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Boyd Gaming (BYD), and Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
PVH (NYSE:PVH) and V.F. (NYSE:VFC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
97.3% of PVH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of V.F. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of PVH shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of V.F. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, PVH had 16 more articles in the media than V.F.. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for PVH and 8 mentions for V.F.. PVH's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat V.F.'s score of 0.37 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PVH received 45 more outperform votes than V.F. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.06% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote.
PVH has a net margin of 7.20% compared to V.F.'s net margin of -7.07%. V.F.'s return on equity of 19.03% beat PVH's return on equity.
PVH has higher earnings, but lower revenue than V.F.. V.F. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PVH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PVH has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, V.F. has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. PVH pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. V.F. pays out -18.3% 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. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PVH currently has a consensus target price of $129.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.55%. V.F. has a consensus target price of $17.88, indicating a potential upside of 41.42%. Given V.F.'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe V.F. is more favorable than PVH.
Summary
PVH beats V.F. on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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