Vince (NASDAQ:VNCE – Get Free Report) and Unifi (NYSE:UFI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Vince and Unifi, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Vince | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Unifi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
16.1% of Vince shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Unifi shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.5% of Vince shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Unifi shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Vince | $300.01 million | 0.51 | $6.38 million | $0.57 | 20.65 |
| Unifi | $531.30 million | 0.21 | -$24.56 million | ($1.33) | -4.57 |
Vince has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Unifi. Unifi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vince, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Vince has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unifi has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Vince and Unifi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Vince | 2.42% | 31.35% | 7.17% |
| Unifi | -4.62% | -10.32% | -6.08% |
Summary
Vince beats Unifi on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Vince
Vince Holding Corp. designs, merchandises, and sells luxury apparel and accessories in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Vince Wholesale, Vince Direct-to-Consumer, and Rebecca Taylor and Parker. The company offers a range of women’s products, such as cashmere sweaters, silk blouses, leather and suede leggings and jackets, dresses, skirts, denims, pants, t-shirts, footwear, outerwear, and accessories; and men’s products comprising t-shirts, knit and woven tops, sweaters, denims, pants, blazers, footwear, and outerwear under the Vince brand. It also offers occasion-forward dresses, suiting, silk blouses, leather and tweed jackets, outerwear, jumpsuits, cotton dresses and blouses, denim, sweaters, pants, skirts and knit, and woven tops under the Rebecca Taylor and Parker brands. The company sells its products directly to consumers through its branded specialty retail stores and outlet stores, as well as through its vince.com e-commerce platform and subscription business through Vince Unfold, vinceunfold.com; and to wholesale department stores and specialty stores. As of January 30, 2021, it operated 62 Vince stores, including 47 company-operated full-price retail stores and 15 company-operated outlets. The company was formerly known as Apparel Holding Corp. and changed its name to Vince Holding Corp. in November 2013. Vince Holding Corp. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Unifi
Unifi, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of recycled and synthetic products in North America, Central America, South America, Asia, and Europe. Its polyester products include partially oriented yarn, textured, solution and package dyed, twisted, beamed, and draw wound yarns in virgin or recycled varieties; and nylon products comprise virgin or recycled textured, solution dyed, and spandex covered yarns. The company also provides recycled solutions made from pre-consumer and post-consumer waste, such as plastic bottle flakes, polyester polymer beads, and staple fiber. It offers recycled and synthetic products primarily to yarn manufacturers, knitters, and weavers that produces yarn and fabric for the apparel, hosiery, automotive, home furnishings, industrial, medical, and other end-use markets. The company sells its products through sales force and independent sales agents under the REPREVE brand. Unifi, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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