HBI vs. VFC, PVH, COLM, GIII, CRI, OXM, MOV, FOSL, VRA, and RL
Should you be buying Hanesbrands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanesbrands include VF (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Carter's (CRI), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), Fossil Group (FOSL), Vera Bradley (VRA), and Ralph Lauren (RL). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.
Hanesbrands vs. Its Competitors
VF (NYSE:VFC) and Hanesbrands (NYSE:HBI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
VF received 214 more outperform votes than Hanesbrands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.10% of users gave Hanesbrands an outperform vote while only 64.12% of users gave VF an outperform vote.
In the previous week, VF had 40 more articles in the media than Hanesbrands. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for VF and 2 mentions for Hanesbrands. Hanesbrands' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat VF's score of -0.12 indicating that Hanesbrands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
VF pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Hanesbrands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. VF pays out -72.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hanesbrands pays out -71.4% 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.
Hanesbrands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VF. VF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hanesbrands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VF presently has a consensus target price of $16.21, indicating a potential upside of 28.45%. Hanesbrands has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 20.29%. Given VF's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe VF is more favorable than Hanesbrands.
VF has a net margin of -4.63% compared to Hanesbrands' net margin of -8.06%. Hanesbrands' return on equity of 108.01% beat VF's return on equity.
86.8% of VF shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Hanesbrands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of VF shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hanesbrands shares are held 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.
VF has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanesbrands has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
VF beats Hanesbrands on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:HBI) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
