PVH (PVH) Competitors

PVH (NYSE:PVH) and VF (NYSE:VFC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Do analysts rate PVH or VFC?

PVH currently has a consensus target price of $98.27, indicating a potential upside of 53.13%. VF has a consensus target price of $16.21, indicating a potential upside of 28.45%. Given PVH's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PVH is more favorable than VF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PVH	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
VF	0 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PVH or VFC?

97.3% of PVH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of VF shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of PVH shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of VF 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.

Is PVH or VFC a better dividend stock?

PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. VF pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. PVH pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VF pays out -72.0% 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. VF is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PVH or VFC more profitable?

PVH has a net margin of 8.13% compared to VF's net margin of -4.63%. VF's return on equity of 14.86% beat PVH's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PVH	8.13%	13.66%	6.35%
VF	-4.63%	14.86%	1.98%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PVH or VFC?

PVH received 74 more outperform votes than VF when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 64.12% of users gave VF an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PVH	Outperform Votes 1057 70.80%	Underperform Votes 436 29.20%
VF	Outperform Votes 983 64.12%	Underperform Votes 550 35.88%

Which has more risk & volatility, PVH or VFC?

PVH has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VF has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PVH or VFC?

In the previous week, VF had 4 more articles in the media than PVH. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for VF and 39 mentions for PVH. PVH's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat VF's score of -0.12 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PVH	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
VF	10 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PVH or VFC?

PVH has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VF. VF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PVH, 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
PVH	$8.68B	0.36	$663.60M	$7.09	9.05
VF	$9.50B	0.52	-$968.88M	-$0.50	-25.24

Summary

PVH beats VF on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.