HBI vs. CROX, GIII, LULU, GES, GIL, VFC, PVH, COLM, CRI, and OXM
Should you be buying Hanesbrands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanesbrands include Crocs (CROX), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), lululemon athletica (LULU), Guess? (GES), Gildan Activewear (GIL), V.F. (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Carter's (CRI), and Oxford Industries (OXM). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Hanesbrands vs. Its Competitors
Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) and Hanesbrands (NYSE:HBI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
Crocs presently has a consensus target price of $105.33, indicating a potential upside of 35.77%. Hanesbrands has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.93%. Given Crocs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Crocs is more favorable than Hanesbrands.
93.4% of Crocs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Hanesbrands shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Crocs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hanesbrands 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.
Crocs has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanesbrands has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Crocs had 11 more articles in the media than Hanesbrands. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Crocs and 9 mentions for Hanesbrands. Crocs' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Hanesbrands' score of 0.81 indicating that Crocs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crocs has a net margin of 5.72% compared to Hanesbrands' net margin of 2.49%. Hanesbrands' return on equity of 226.31% beat Crocs' return on equity.
Crocs has higher revenue and earnings than Hanesbrands. Crocs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hanesbrands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Crocs beats Hanesbrands on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HBI) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
