COLM vs. TPR, RL, VFC, PVH, HBI, CRI, GIII, OXM, MOV, and VRA
Should you be buying Columbia Sportswear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Sportswear include Tapestry (TPR), Ralph Lauren (RL), VF (VFC), PVH (PVH), Hanesbrands (HBI), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), and Vera Bradley (VRA). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Columbia Sportswear vs.
Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and Tapestry (NYSE:TPR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Tapestry had 10 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Tapestry and 16 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Tapestry's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Columbia Sportswear's score of 0.96 indicating that Tapestry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tapestry has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tapestry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tapestry has a net margin of 11.74% compared to Columbia Sportswear's net margin of 6.63%. Tapestry's return on equity of 44.00% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.
Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Tapestry pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Columbia Sportswear pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tapestry pays out 40.6% 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.
Columbia Sportswear presently has a consensus price target of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.20%. Tapestry has a consensus price target of $78.26, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Given Columbia Sportswear's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Columbia Sportswear is more favorable than Tapestry.
Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tapestry has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tapestry received 1127 more outperform votes than Columbia Sportswear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.05% of users gave Tapestry an outperform vote while only 56.79% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.
47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Tapestry shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.7% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Tapestry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Tapestry beats Columbia Sportswear on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:COLM) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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