HGV vs. COLM, ASO, MSGS, VFC, IGT, PWSC, IQ, LOPE, GOLF, and NXST
Should you be buying Hilton Grand Vacations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Grand Vacations include Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), V.F. (VFC), International Game Technology (IGT), PowerSchool (PWSC), iQIYI (IQ), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Acushnet (GOLF), and Nexstar Media Group (NXST). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) and Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Hilton Grand Vacations has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hilton Grand Vacations has higher revenue and earnings than Columbia Sportswear. Hilton Grand Vacations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hilton Grand Vacations has a net margin of 7.87% compared to Columbia Sportswear's net margin of 7.20%. Hilton Grand Vacations' return on equity of 19.06% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.
97.2% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Columbia Sportswear received 138 more outperform votes than Hilton Grand Vacations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.87% of users gave Hilton Grand Vacations an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Columbia Sportswear an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Columbia Sportswear had 27 more articles in the media than Hilton Grand Vacations. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Columbia Sportswear and 7 mentions for Hilton Grand Vacations. Hilton Grand Vacations' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Columbia Sportswear's score of 0.32 indicating that Hilton Grand Vacations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hilton Grand Vacations currently has a consensus target price of $58.57, indicating a potential upside of 32.13%. Columbia Sportswear has a consensus target price of $78.60, indicating a potential downside of 1.75%. Given Hilton Grand Vacations' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hilton Grand Vacations is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.
Summary
Hilton Grand Vacations beats Columbia Sportswear on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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