OXM vs. VFC, KTB, TV, SGHC, GES, AFYA, BYON, SPHR, AMWD, and MSGE
Should you be buying Oxford Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Industries include V.F. (VFC), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Super Group (SGHC), Guess? (GES), Afya (AFYA), Beyond (BYON), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), American Woodmark (AMWD), and Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
V.F. (NYSE:VFC) and Oxford Industries (NYSE:OXM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
V.F. received 512 more outperform votes than Oxford Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.88% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote while only 63.97% of users gave Oxford Industries an outperform vote.
Oxford Industries has a net margin of 9.86% compared to Oxford Industries' net margin of -7.07%. V.F.'s return on equity of 27.89% beat Oxford Industries' return on equity.
V.F. presently has a consensus price target of $18.70, indicating a potential upside of 22.06%. Oxford Industries has a consensus price target of $103.20, indicating a potential downside of 8.35%. Given Oxford Industries' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe V.F. is more favorable than Oxford Industries.
V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Oxford Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. V.F. pays out -18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oxford Industries pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Oxford Industries has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
86.8% of V.F. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of Oxford Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of V.F. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Oxford Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, V.F. and V.F. both had 11 articles in the media. Oxford Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat V.F.'s score of 0.56 indicating that V.F. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
V.F. has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Industries has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than V.F.. V.F. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oxford Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Oxford Industries beats V.F. on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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