COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY vs PVH CORP., two Apparel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COLM and PVH diverge most: on operating margin, COLM reads 5.0% and PVH reads -9.1%; on net margin, COLM reads 6.0% and PVH reads -1.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What COLM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What PVH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | COLM | PVH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $57.02 | $81.37 |
| Market cap | $2.9B | $3.8B |
| Sector | Apparel | Apparel |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.5% | — |
| P/E | 14.8 | — |
| P/B | 1.83 | 0.78 |
| P/S | 0.86 | 0.42 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.6 | 8.1 |
| Revenue growth | +0.1% | +1.6% |
| Gross margin | 58.3% | 63.0% |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | -9.1% |
| Net margin | 6.0% | -1.9% |
| Return on equity | 12.9% | -3.5% |
| Return on assets | 7.4% | -1.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.7% | 4.1% |
| FCF yield | 11.0% | 19.1% |
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 2.49 | 1.65 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.03 | 7.63 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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