VFC vs. PVH, OXM, RL, KTB, COLM, HGV, PLNT, NXST, MSGS, and ASO
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), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), and Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
PVH has a net margin of 7.20% compared to PVH's net margin of -7.07%. PVH's return on equity of 19.03% beat V.F.'s return on equity.
In the previous week, PVH had 15 more articles in the media than V.F.. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for PVH and 3 mentions for V.F.. V.F.'s average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat PVH's score of 0.26 indicating that PVH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
97.3% of PVH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of V.F. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of PVH shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of V.F. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PVH received 45 more outperform votes than V.F. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.06% of users gave PVH an outperform vote while only 66.81% of users gave V.F. an outperform vote.
PVH has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, V.F. has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PVH currently has a consensus price target of $129.40, suggesting a potential upside of 16.81%. V.F. has a consensus price target of $17.97, suggesting a potential upside of 42.44%. Given PVH's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe V.F. is more favorable than PVH.
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 2.9%. PVH pays out 1.4% 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.
Summary
PVH beats V.F. on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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