VFC vs. PVH, OXM, RL, KTB, RRR, REYN, BYD, BC, WHR, and CHH
Should you be buying V.F. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of V.F. include PVH (PVH), Oxford Industries (OXM), Ralph Lauren (RL), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Brunswick (BC), Whirlpool (WHR), and Choice Hotels International (CHH). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
PVH (NYSE:PVH) and V.F. (NYSE:VFC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
PVH presently has a consensus price target of $113.40, suggesting a potential downside of 11.96%. V.F. has a consensus price target of $18.70, suggesting a potential upside of 29.95%. Given PVH's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe V.F. is more favorable than PVH.
PVH has a net margin of 5.76% compared to PVH's net margin of -7.07%. PVH's return on equity of 19.03% beat V.F.'s return on equity.
PVH pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. V.F. pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. PVH pays out 1.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. V.F. pays out -18.3% 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. V.F. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PVH has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, V.F. has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PVH has higher earnings, but lower revenue than V.F.. V.F. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PVH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PVH had 8 more articles in the media than V.F.. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for PVH and 6 mentions for V.F.. PVH's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat V.F.'s score of 0.40 indicating that V.F. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PVH received 35 more outperform votes than V.F. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.93% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 66.88% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote.
97.3% of PVH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of V.F. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of PVH shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of V.F. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
PVH beats V.F. on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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