RL vs. PVH, VFC, KTB, BJ, WYNN, SRAD, CHDN, TTC, SKX, and SN
Should you be buying Ralph Lauren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ralph Lauren include PVH (PVH), V.F. (VFC), Kontoor Brands (KTB), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Toro (TTC), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), and SharkNinja (SN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
PVH (NYSE:PVH) and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
97.3% of PVH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of PVH shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.1% of Ralph Lauren shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 8.90% compared to Ralph Lauren's net margin of 7.20%. PVH's return on equity of 25.88% beat Ralph Lauren's return on equity.
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.
PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ralph Lauren pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. PVH pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ralph Lauren pays out 34.0% 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.
PVH has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PVH had 16 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for PVH and 1 mentions for Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat PVH's score of 0.10 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PVH received 242 more outperform votes than Ralph Lauren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.06% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote.
PVH presently has a consensus price target of $129.40, suggesting a potential upside of 14.88%. Ralph Lauren has a consensus price target of $155.64, suggesting a potential downside of 7.38%. Given Ralph Lauren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PVH is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.
Summary
PVH beats Ralph Lauren on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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