HBI vs. VFC, PVH, COLM, CRI, OXM, GIII, MOV, VRA, FOSL, and RL
Should you be buying Hanesbrands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hanesbrands include V.F. (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Carter's (CRI), 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.
V.F. (NYSE:VFC) and Hanesbrands (NYSE:HBI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Hanesbrands has a net margin of -0.42% compared to Hanesbrands' net margin of -9.27%. Hanesbrands' return on equity of 13.14% beat V.F.'s return on equity.
V.F. has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanesbrands has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, V.F. had 7 more articles in the media than Hanesbrands. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for V.F. and 10 mentions for Hanesbrands. V.F.'s average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Hanesbrands' score of 0.41 indicating that Hanesbrands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hanesbrands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than V.F.. Hanesbrands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than V.F., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
V.F. presently has a consensus target price of $14.19, indicating a potential downside of 13.44%. Hanesbrands has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.50%. Given Hanesbrands' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe V.F. is more favorable than Hanesbrands.
V.F. received 201 more outperform votes than Hanesbrands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.66% of users gave Hanesbrands an outperform vote while only 66.05% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote.
86.8% of V.F. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Hanesbrands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of V.F. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hanesbrands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
V.F. beats Hanesbrands on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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