PVH vs. RL, OXM, VFC, KTB, DISH, HGV, BFAM, MSGS, RRR, and ASO
Should you be buying PVH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PVH include Ralph Lauren (RL), Oxford Industries (OXM), V.F. (VFC), Kontoor Brands (KTB), DISH Network (DISH), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
PVH vs.
PVH (NYSE:PVH) and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
In the previous week, PVH had 5 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for PVH and 7 mentions for Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat PVH's score of 0.39 indicating that Ralph Lauren is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.5% of PVH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of PVH shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.6% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 8.01% compared to PVH's net margin of 5.05%. Ralph Lauren's return on equity of 22.88% beat PVH's return on equity.
PVH currently has a consensus price target of $82.61, indicating a potential upside of 12.33%. Ralph Lauren has a consensus price target of $124.86, indicating a potential upside of 11.59%. Given PVH's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PVH is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.
PVH received 230 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.91% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 62.28% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.
PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. PVH pays out 2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ralph Lauren pays out 40.3% 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.
PVH has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PVH has higher revenue and earnings than Ralph Lauren. PVH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PVH beats Ralph Lauren on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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