Movado Group (MOV) Competitors

Movado Group (NYSE:MOV) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both small-cap apparel accessories & luxury goods companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MOV or CRI?

72.1% of Movado Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.8% of Movado Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Carter's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, MOV or CRI?

Carter's has higher revenue and earnings than Movado Group. Carter's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Movado Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Movado Group	$653.38M	0.56	$18.36M	$0.80	20.60
Carter's	$2.84B	0.40	$185.51M	$4.52	6.97

Does the media prefer MOV or CRI?

In the previous week, Carter's had 2 more articles in the media than Movado Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Carter's and 2 mentions for Movado Group. Carter's' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Movado Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Carter's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Movado Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Carter's	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MOV or CRI a better dividend stock?

Movado Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Movado Group pays out 175.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carter's pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, MOV or CRI?

Movado Group has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MOV or CRI?

Movado Group presently has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 91.14%. Carter's has a consensus target price of $36.80, suggesting a potential upside of 16.86%. Given Movado Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Movado Group is more favorable than Carter's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Movado Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Carter's	3 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.40

Is MOV or CRI more profitable?

Carter's has a net margin of 5.80% compared to Movado Group's net margin of 2.78%. Carter's' return on equity of 23.50% beat Movado Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Movado Group	2.78%	5.10%	3.39%
Carter's	5.80%	23.50%	8.27%

Summary

Movado Group and Carter's tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.