Ralph Lauren (RL) Competitors

Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CROX or RL?

93.4% of Crocs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Crocs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.3% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, CROX or RL?

Crocs has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CROX or RL?

Crocs presently has a consensus target price of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.17%. Ralph Lauren has a consensus target price of $320.53, suggesting a potential upside of 1.10%. Given Crocs' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Crocs is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crocs	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Ralph Lauren	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is CROX or RL more profitable?

Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Crocs' net margin of 5.72%. Crocs' return on equity of 44.15% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crocs	5.72%	44.15%	16.12%
Ralph Lauren	10.91%	33.72%	11.86%

Does the media refer more to CROX or RL?

In the previous week, Crocs had 1 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Crocs and 12 mentions for Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Crocs' score of 0.30 indicating that Ralph Lauren is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crocs	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ralph Lauren	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, CROX or RL?

Crocs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ralph Lauren. Crocs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ralph Lauren, 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
Crocs	$4.10B	1.09	$950.07M	$3.73	21.85
Ralph Lauren	$7.08B	2.71	$742.90M	$12.52	25.32

Summary

Ralph Lauren beats Crocs on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.