VRA vs. MOV, FOSL, CPRI, RL, TPR, VFC, PVH, COLM, CRI, and HBI
Should you be buying Vera Bradley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vera Bradley include Movado Group (MOV), Fossil Group (FOSL), Capri (CPRI), Ralph Lauren (RL), Tapestry (TPR), V.F. (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Carter's (CRI), and Hanesbrands (HBI).
Vera Bradley (NASDAQ:VRA) and Movado Group (NYSE:MOV) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Vera Bradley has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Movado Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Movado Group has a net margin of 6.09% compared to Vera Bradley's net margin of 0.96%. Movado Group's return on equity of 8.18% beat Vera Bradley's return on equity.
In the previous week, Vera Bradley had 3 more articles in the media than Movado Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vera Bradley and 1 mentions for Movado Group. Vera Bradley's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Movado Group's score of 0.45 indicating that Vera Bradley is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vera Bradley received 154 more outperform votes than Movado Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.81% of users gave Vera Bradley an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave Movado Group an outperform vote.
Movado Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vera Bradley. Movado 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.
Vera Bradley currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.77%. Movado Group has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.72%. Given Movado Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Movado Group is more favorable than Vera Bradley.
59.9% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Movado Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Movado Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Movado Group beats Vera Bradley on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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