Capri (CPRI) Competitors

Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) and Capri (NYSE:CPRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GIL or CPRI?

Gildan Activewear received 578 more outperform votes than Capri when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.24% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 41.74% of users gave Capri an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gildan Activewear	Outperform Votes 727 70.24%	Underperform Votes 308 29.76%
Capri	Outperform Votes 149 41.74%	Underperform Votes 208 58.26%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GIL or CPRI?

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GIL or CPRI?

Gildan Activewear has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Gildan Activewear	$3.27B	2.14	$533.58M	$2.50	18.47
Capri	$4.63B	0.38	-$229M	-$8.55	-1.76

Is GIL or CPRI 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
Gildan Activewear	12.26%	28.80%	13.17%
Capri	-21.79%	12.89%	2.85%

Which has more volatility and risk, GIL or CPRI?

Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capri has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer GIL or CPRI?

Gildan Activewear presently has a consensus price target of $58.20, indicating a potential upside of 26.06%. Capri has a consensus price target of $24.08, indicating a potential upside of 60.13%. Given Capri's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capri is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gildan Activewear	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10
Capri	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor GIL or CPRI?

In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 18 more articles in the media than Capri. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 7 mentions for Capri. Capri's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Gildan Activewear's score of 0.69 indicating that Capri is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gildan Activewear	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Capri	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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