Reviewing Nitches (OTCMKTS:NICH) and V.F. (NYSE:VFC)

V.F. (NYSE:VFC) and Nitches (OTCMKTS:NICH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for V.F. and Nitches, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
V.F.	3	13	7	1	2.25
Nitches	0	0	0	0	0.00

V.F. presently has a consensus target price of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.87%. Given V.F.’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe V.F. is more favorable than Nitches.

Profitability

This table compares V.F. and Nitches’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
V.F.	-0.50%	22.77%	3.16%
Nitches	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

86.8% of V.F. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of V.F. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Nitches shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares V.F. and Nitches”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
V.F.	$9.50 billion	0.59	-$189.72 million	($0.13)	-110.27
Nitches	N/A	N/A	-$2.84 million	N/A	N/A

Nitches has lower revenue, but higher earnings than V.F..

Volatility and Risk

V.F. has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nitches has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

V.F. beats Nitches on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About V.F.

VF Corp. engages in the business of producing and marketing apparel, footwear, and accessories. It operates through the following segments: Outdoor, Active, Work, and Other. The Outdoor segment includes authentic outdoor-based lifestyle brands such as performance-based and outdoor apparel, footwear, and equipment. The Active segment focuses on activity-based lifestyle brands including active apparel, footwear, backpacks, luggage, and accessories. The Work segment offers work and work-inspired lifestyle brands with product offerings including apparel, footwear, and accessories. The Other segment refers to the sale of non-VF products and sourcing activities related to transition services. The company was founded by John Barbey in October 1899 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

About Nitches

Nitches Inc. engages in the production and distribution of household, lifestyle, travel and leisure, sports goods, and clothing items. It also develops NITCHES OVS, an owner verification system (OVS) mobile application that can be used to verify authenticity and ownership of Nitches' luxury products, apparels, and streetwear clothing items. The company sells its products through on-line store on the Nitches website, nitchescorp.com/brands/. Nitches Inc. was formerly known as Beebas Creations Inc. and changed its name to Nitches Inc. in July 1992. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in Las Vegas, California.