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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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.
Crocs presently has a consensus target price of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.58%. Hanesbrands has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.81%. Given Crocs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Crocs is more favorable than Hanesbrands.
Crocs has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanesbrands has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Crocs had 1 more articles in the media than Hanesbrands. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Crocs and 4 mentions for Hanesbrands. Hanesbrands' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Crocs' score of 0.95 indicating that Hanesbrands is being referred to more favorably in the news 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.
93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Hanesbrands shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hanesbrands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Crocs beats Hanesbrands on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HBI) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
