VSCO vs. HBI, SGHC, OXM, AFYA, LEG, AMC, TV, BOWL, PTON, and PRDO
Should you be buying Victoria's Secret & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victoria's Secret & Co. include Hanesbrands (HBI), Super Group (SGHC), Oxford Industries (OXM), Afya (AFYA), Leggett & Platt (LEG), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Bowlero (BOWL), Peloton Interactive (PTON), and Perdoceo Education (PRDO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) and Hanesbrands (NYSE:HBI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Victoria's Secret & Co. has a net margin of 1.77% compared to Hanesbrands' net margin of -0.42%. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity of 56.40% beat Hanesbrands' return on equity.
Victoria's Secret & Co. currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.04%. Hanesbrands has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.20%. Given Hanesbrands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hanesbrands is more favorable than Victoria's Secret & Co..
In the previous week, Victoria's Secret & Co. had 4 more articles in the media than Hanesbrands. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co. and 5 mentions for Hanesbrands. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Hanesbrands' score of 0.30 indicating that Victoria's Secret & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Victoria's Secret & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Hanesbrands. Hanesbrands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria's Secret & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hanesbrands received 749 more outperform votes than Victoria's Secret & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.73% of users gave Hanesbrands an outperform vote while only 16.35% of users gave Victoria's Secret & Co. an outperform vote.
Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanesbrands has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Hanesbrands shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hanesbrands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Victoria's Secret & Co. beats Hanesbrands on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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