Movado Group (MOV) Competitors

G-III Apparel Group (NASDAQ:GIII) and Movado Group (NYSE:MOV) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GIII or MOV?

G-III Apparel Group received 331 more outperform votes than Movado Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave G-III Apparel Group an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Movado Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
G-III Apparel Group	Outperform Votes 537 63.10%	Underperform Votes 314 36.90%
Movado Group	Outperform Votes 206 55.38%	Underperform Votes 166 44.62%

Do analysts recommend GIII or MOV?

G-III Apparel Group presently has a consensus price target of $28.80, suggesting a potential downside of 9.58%. Movado Group has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 106.13%. Given Movado Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Movado Group is more favorable than G-III Apparel Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
G-III Apparel Group	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Movado Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, GIII or MOV?

G-III Apparel Group has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Movado Group has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is GIII or MOV more profitable?

G-III Apparel Group has a net margin of 6.04% compared to Movado Group's net margin of 5.45%. G-III Apparel Group's return on equity of 12.81% beat Movado Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
G-III Apparel Group	6.04%	12.81%	7.29%
Movado Group	5.45%	7.23%	4.83%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GIII or MOV?

92.1% of G-III Apparel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Movado Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of G-III Apparel Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Movado Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor GIII or MOV?

In the previous week, G-III Apparel Group had 3 more articles in the media than Movado Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for G-III Apparel Group and 1 mentions for Movado Group. Movado Group's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat G-III Apparel Group's score of 0.74 indicating that Movado Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
G-III Apparel Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Movado Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GIII or MOV?

G-III Apparel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Movado Group. G-III Apparel Group 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
G-III Apparel Group	$3.09B	0.46	$176.17M	$3.82	8.34
Movado Group	$663.29M	0.67	$46.71M	$1.79	11.11

Summary

G-III Apparel Group beats Movado Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.