FOSL vs. MOV, VRA, TPR, RL, VFC, PVH, COLM, HBI, GIII, and CRI
Should you be buying Fossil Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fossil Group include Movado Group (MOV), Vera Bradley (VRA), Tapestry (TPR), Ralph Lauren (RL), V.F. (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Hanesbrands (HBI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), and Carter's (CRI). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Fossil Group vs. Its Competitors
Movado Group (NYSE:MOV) and Fossil Group (NASDAQ:FOSL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Movado Group presently has a consensus target price of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 65.48%. Fossil Group has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 110.53%. Given Fossil Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fossil Group is more favorable than Movado Group.
Movado Group has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fossil Group has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Movado Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fossil Group. Fossil Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Movado Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Movado Group has a net margin of 2.66% compared to Fossil Group's net margin of -5.49%. Movado Group's return on equity of 5.45% beat Fossil Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Fossil Group had 2 more articles in the media than Movado Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Fossil Group and 1 mentions for Movado Group. Fossil Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Movado Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Fossil Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
72.1% of Movado Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of Fossil Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.8% of Movado Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fossil Group 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.
Summary
Movado Group beats Fossil Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:FOSL) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
