Capri (CPRI) Competitors

Capri (NYSE:CPRI) and Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPRI or GIL?

Gildan Activewear received 579 more outperform votes than Capri when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 41.16% of users gave Capri an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capri	Outperform Votes 149 41.16%	Underperform Votes 213 58.84%
Gildan Activewear	Outperform Votes 728 70.27%	Underperform Votes 308 29.73%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CPRI or GIL?

Gildan Activewear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Capri. Capri is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gildan Activewear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capri	$4.44B	0.47	-$229M	-$9.96	-1.77
Gildan Activewear	$3.29B	2.25	$533.58M	$2.59	18.86

Do analysts prefer CPRI or GIL?

Capri currently has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.95%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus target price of $57.91, indicating a potential upside of 18.55%. Given Capri's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Capri is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capri	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Gildan Activewear	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.18

Does the media prefer CPRI or GIL?

In the previous week, Capri had 1 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Capri and 3 mentions for Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Capri's score of 0.17 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capri	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gildan Activewear	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CPRI or GIL?

84.3% of Capri shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Capri shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CPRI or GIL?

Capri has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CPRI or GIL more profitable?

Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Capri's net margin of -21.79%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 28.80% beat Capri's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capri	-21.79%	12.89%	2.85%
Gildan Activewear	12.26%	28.80%	13.17%

Summary

Gildan Activewear beats Capri on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.