Contrasting Vince (VNCE) and Its Peers

Vince (NASDAQ:VNCE) is one of 117 public companies in the “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Vince to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Vince and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vince	$300.01 million	$6.38 million	22.14
Vince Competitors	$5.67 billion	$471.75 million	24.87

Vince’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Vince. Vince is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Vince and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vince	2.42%	31.35%	7.17%
Vince Competitors	-3.42%	12.82%	2.74%

Volatility and Risk

Vince has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vince’s peers have a beta of 0.91, indicating that their average stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Vince and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vince	0	1	1	1	3.00
Vince Competitors	1651	7646	10067	362	2.46

As a group, “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies have a potential upside of 13.97%. Given Vince’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vince has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

16.1% of Vince shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of shares of all “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies are held by institutional investors. 56.5% of Vince shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” companies are held 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.

Summary

Vince beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

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.