COLM vs. CRI, GIL, UAA, HRB, VAC, RRR, MLCO, IGT, BFAM, and HGV
Should you be buying Columbia Sportswear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbia Sportswear include Carter's (CRI), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Under Armour (UAA), H&R Block (HRB), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), International Game Technology (IGT), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), and Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Columbia Sportswear vs.
Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 8.25% compared to Carter's' net margin of 6.97%. Carter's' return on equity of 30.11% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.
In the previous week, Columbia Sportswear had 2 more articles in the media than Carter's. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Columbia Sportswear and 1 mentions for Carter's. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Carter's' score of 0.78 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Columbia Sportswear has higher revenue and earnings than Carter's. Carter's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Carter's shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.0% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Carter's shares are owned by 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.
Columbia Sportswear currently has a consensus price target of $88.13, indicating a potential upside of 16.08%. Carter's has a consensus price target of $77.67, indicating a potential upside of 23.16%. Given Carter's' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Carter's is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.
Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Columbia Sportswear pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carter's pays out 53.0% 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 received 91 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.16% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote while only 58.11% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.
Summary
Columbia Sportswear beats Carter's on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding COLM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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