UAA vs. CRI, GIII, COLM, GIL, AS, MODG, MLCO, SHOO, LRN, and UA
Should you be buying Under Armour stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Under Armour include Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Amer Sports (AS), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Steven Madden (SHOO), Stride (LRN), and Under Armour (UA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Under Armour (NYSE:UAA) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
Under Armour has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% 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.
34.6% of Under Armour shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Under Armour shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Carter's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Under Armour presently has a consensus price target of $8.55, suggesting a potential upside of 26.85%. Carter's has a consensus price target of $73.80, suggesting a potential upside of 5.20%. Given Under Armour's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Under Armour is more favorable than Carter's.
In the previous week, Under Armour had 5 more articles in the media than Carter's. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Under Armour and 7 mentions for Carter's. Carter's' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Under Armour's score of 0.49 indicating that Carter's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Under Armour received 1035 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.15% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote while only 59.85% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote.
Under Armour has higher revenue and earnings than Carter's. Under Armour is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carter's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carter's has a net margin of 8.06% compared to Under Armour's net margin of 6.98%. Carter's' return on equity of 28.55% beat Under Armour's return on equity.
Summary
Under Armour beats Carter's on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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