HBI vs. VFC, PVH, COLM, CRI, GIII, 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), Carter's (CRI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), 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.
VF (NYSE:VFC) and Hanesbrands (NYSE:HBI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
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.
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 has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanesbrands has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
VF pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Hanesbrands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. VF pays out -30.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 64.16% of users gave VF an outperform vote.
VF presently has a consensus target price of $16.21, suggesting a potential upside of 38.69%. Hanesbrands has a consensus target price of $5.60, suggesting a potential upside of 13.94%. Given VF's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe VF is more favorable than Hanesbrands.
In the previous week, VF had 64 more articles in the media than Hanesbrands. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for VF and 13 mentions for Hanesbrands. Hanesbrands' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat VF's score of -0.26 indicating that Hanesbrands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hanesbrands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
VF and Hanesbrands tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HBI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
