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$1.59 -0.04 (-2.45%)
Closing price 07/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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FOSL vs. VRA, TPR, RL, VFC, COLM, PVH, HBI, CRI, GIII, and OXM

Should you be buying Fossil Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fossil Group include Vera Bradley (VRA), Tapestry (TPR), Ralph Lauren (RL), V.F. (VFC), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), PVH (PVH), Hanesbrands (HBI), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), and Oxford Industries (OXM). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.

Fossil Group vs. Its Competitors

Vera Bradley (NASDAQ:VRA) and Fossil Group (NASDAQ:FOSL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

59.9% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of Fossil Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fossil Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Vera Bradley has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fossil Group. Fossil Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vera Bradley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vera Bradley$371.97M0.18-$62.19M-$3.16-0.75
Fossil Group$1.15B0.07-$102.67M-$1.80-0.88

Vera Bradley has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fossil Group has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fossil Group has a net margin of -8.55% compared to Vera Bradley's net margin of -25.52%. Vera Bradley's return on equity of -11.07% beat Fossil Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vera Bradley-25.52% -11.07% -6.69%
Fossil Group -8.55%-23.80%-4.76%

Fossil Group has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 214.47%. Given Fossil Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fossil Group is more favorable than Vera Bradley.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vera Bradley
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Fossil Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Vera Bradley had 1 more articles in the media than Fossil Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Vera Bradley and 7 mentions for Fossil Group. Fossil Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Vera Bradley's score of -0.07 indicating that Fossil Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vera Bradley
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Fossil Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Fossil Group beats Vera Bradley on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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FOSL vs. The Competition

MetricFossil GroupRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$87.42M$7.63B$26.48B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A2.91%175.53%4.05%
P/E Ratio-0.8864.9429.3020.08
Price / Sales0.071.274.6893.25
Price / CashN/A16.8717.1528.59
Price / Book0.623.275.825.55
Net Income-$102.67M$372.42M$869.96M$248.49M
7 Day Performance0.63%1.55%0.80%4.87%
1 Month Performance8.90%-0.86%2.80%6.63%
1 Year Performance17.78%-4.39%31.22%20.38%

Fossil Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FOSL
Fossil Group
4.0049 of 5 stars
$1.59
-2.5%
$5.00
+214.5%
+18.7%$87.42M$1.15B-0.885,200Gap Down
VRA
Vera Bradley
1.0634 of 5 stars
$2.21
+5.2%
N/A-59.1%$58.66M$371.97M-0.701,725
TPR
Tapestry
4.4871 of 5 stars
$87.90
+0.9%
$88.78
+1.0%
+130.4%$18.09B$6.67B23.1318,600Positive News
RL
Ralph Lauren
4.7652 of 5 stars
$274.27
-0.8%
$292.88
+6.8%
+69.2%$16.67B$7.08B23.6222,200Positive News
VFC
V.F.
4.6353 of 5 stars
$11.77
-0.6%
$16.21
+37.7%
-3.3%$4.61B$9.50B-23.5427,000Trending News
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
3.6346 of 5 stars
$61.08
-0.6%
$70.00
+14.6%
-17.3%$3.39B$3.37B15.629,780
PVH
PVH
4.8516 of 5 stars
$68.70
+4.5%
$98.27
+43.0%
-29.6%$3.16B$8.65B9.6928,000High Trading Volume
HBI
Hanesbrands
2.5746 of 5 stars
$4.57
-0.9%
$5.75
+25.8%
-3.2%$1.63B$3.51B-5.4441,000Positive News
CRI
Carter's
3.4517 of 5 stars
$30.18
+0.4%
$36.80
+21.9%
-48.8%$1.10B$2.84B6.6815,350
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
2.9049 of 5 stars
$22.40
+0.3%
$27.80
+24.1%
-11.4%$967.45M$3.18B5.194,600Positive News
OXM
Oxford Industries
4.544 of 5 stars
$40.29
+1.4%
$55.80
+38.5%
-56.4%$593.68M$1.52B7.826,000

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This page (NASDAQ:FOSL) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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