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UA vs. COLM, UAA, BIRK, LEVI, GIL, BRP, KTB, ZGN, CPRI, and GOOS

Should you be buying Under Armour stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Under Armour include Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Under Armour (UAA), Birkenstock (BIRK), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Gildan Activewear (GIL), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Capri (CPRI), and Canada Goose (GOOS).

Under Armour vs. Its Competitors

Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and Under Armour (NYSE:UA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Columbia Sportswear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Under Armour. Under Armour is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Columbia Sportswear$3.38B0.97$223.27M$3.9115.25
Under Armour$5.16B0.53-$201.27M-$0.47-13.74

Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 6.61% compared to Under Armour's net margin of -3.90%. Columbia Sportswear's return on equity of 12.57% beat Under Armour's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Columbia Sportswear6.61% 12.57% 7.97%
Under Armour -3.90%7.04%2.95%

47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of Under Armour shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.3% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Under Armour shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Columbia Sportswear currently has a consensus price target of $68.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.07%. Given Columbia Sportswear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Columbia Sportswear is more favorable than Under Armour.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Columbia Sportswear
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Under Armour
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Under Armour had 2 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Under Armour and 5 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Under Armour's score of 0.47 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Columbia Sportswear
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Under Armour
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Columbia Sportswear beats Under Armour on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UA vs. The Competition

MetricUnder ArmourTEXTILE IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.75B$11.93B$8.30B$20.76B
Dividend YieldN/A3.16%3.16%3.65%
P/E Ratio-13.7412.7421.3227.57
Price / Sales0.531.073.3559.01
Price / Cash10.0710.1114.6317.94
Price / Book1.454.294.804.66
Net Income-$201.27M$600.99M$216.31M$995.01M
7 Day Performance-1.45%-0.76%-0.59%-0.38%
1 Month Performance-1.90%4.12%48.16%6.21%
1 Year Performance-1.37%2.71%15.04%11.21%

Under Armour Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UA
Under Armour
0.4441 of 5 stars
$6.46
+0.6%
N/A-1.4%$2.75B$5.16B-13.7417,500
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
4.3609 of 5 stars
$62.95
-1.4%
$70.00
+11.2%
-23.2%$3.47B$3.37B16.109,780
UAA
Under Armour
4.111 of 5 stars
$6.98
-1.8%
$7.31
+4.7%
+2.4%$3.00B$5.16B-14.8514,400
BIRK
Birkenstock
3.6078 of 5 stars
$48.91
+0.2%
$69.27
+41.6%
-8.4%$9.17B$1.96B34.447,400
LEVI
Levi Strauss & Co.
4.6248 of 5 stars
$19.55
+2.3%
$20.55
+5.1%
+14.1%$7.74B$6.36B21.9718,700Analyst Forecast
GIL
Gildan Activewear
4.4095 of 5 stars
$50.91
+0.1%
$57.91
+13.7%
+33.0%$7.66B$3.27B19.6650,000Positive News
BRP
The Baldwin Insurance Group
N/A$40.43
-0.8%
N/A+4.5%$4.75B$1.27B-43.959,200
KTB
Kontoor Brands
4.5494 of 5 stars
$71.03
-1.4%
$87.50
+23.2%
-6.3%$3.95B$2.61B17.4113,200
ZGN
Ermenegildo Zegna
1.5813 of 5 stars
$8.98
-1.9%
$8.70
-3.1%
-18.9%$3.66B$1.95B16.947,395
CPRI
Capri
3.6235 of 5 stars
$18.50
+2.0%
$22.50
+21.6%
-41.9%$2.18B$4.44B-1.8614,200
GOOS
Canada Goose
3.1081 of 5 stars
$12.59
+4.4%
$10.50
-16.6%
+14.8%$1.22B$969.08M18.513,942

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