CRI vs. VFC, PVH, COLM, HBI, OXM, GIII, MOV, VRA, FOSL, and RL
Should you be buying Carter's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carter's include V.F. (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Hanesbrands (HBI), Oxford Industries (OXM), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Movado Group (MOV), Vera Bradley (VRA), Fossil Group (FOSL), and Ralph Lauren (RL). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Carter's (NYSE:CRI) and V.F. (NYSE:VFC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
V.F. received 572 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.05% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote while only 59.85% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote.
Carter's pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Carter's pays out 50.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. V.F. pays out -14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Carter's had 7 more articles in the media than V.F.. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Carter's and 17 mentions for V.F.. V.F.'s average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Carter's' score of 0.24 indicating that V.F. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carter's has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, V.F. has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
86.8% of V.F. shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Carter's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of V.F. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Carter's presently has a consensus target price of $73.80, suggesting a potential upside of 28.91%. V.F. has a consensus target price of $14.19, suggesting a potential downside of 13.44%. Given Carter's' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Carter's is more favorable than V.F..
Carter's has a net margin of 8.06% compared to V.F.'s net margin of -9.27%. Carter's' return on equity of 28.55% beat V.F.'s return on equity.
Carter's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than V.F.. V.F. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carter's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Carter's beats V.F. on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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