Movado Group (NYSE:MOV) & Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) Head-To-Head Survey

Movado Group (NYSE:MOV) and Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

72.1% of Movado Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.8% of Movado Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Movado Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Lakeland Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Movado Group pays out 114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lakeland Industries pays out -4.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lakeland Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Movado Group and Lakeland Industries”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Movado Group	$671.31 million	1.24	$26.55 million	$1.40	26.85
Lakeland Industries	$193.32 million	0.62	-$25.31 million	($2.13)	-5.73

Movado Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lakeland Industries. Lakeland Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Movado Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Movado Group has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Industries has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Movado Group and Lakeland Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Movado Group	4.70%	7.13%	4.81%
Lakeland Industries	-10.87%	-6.64%	-4.13%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Movado Group and Lakeland Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Movado Group	0	1	1	2	3.25
Lakeland Industries	1	1	3	0	2.40

Movado Group presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.40%. Lakeland Industries has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.04%. Given Lakeland Industries’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lakeland Industries is more favorable than Movado Group.

Summary

Movado Group beats Lakeland Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Movado Group

Movado Group, Inc. designs, sources, markets, and distributes watches in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Watch and Accessory Brands, and Company Stores. The company offers its watches under the Movado, Concord, Ebel, Olivia Burton, and MVMT brands, as well as licensed brands comprising Coach, Tommy Hilfiger, HUGO BOSS, Lacoste, and Calvin Klein. It also designs, sources, markets, and distributes jewelry and other accessories; and provides after-sales and shipping services. The company’s customers include jewelry store chains, department stores, independent regional jewelers, network of independent distributors, online marketplaces, licensors’ retail stores, and third-party e-commerce retailers. It sells directly to consumers through its e-commerce platforms. The company was formerly known as North American Watch Corporation and changed its name to Movado Group, Inc. in 1996. Movado Group, Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey.

About Lakeland Industries

Lakeland Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells industrial protective clothing and accessories for the industrial and public protective clothing market worldwide. It offers firefighting and heat protective apparel to protect against fire; high-end chemical protective suits to provide protection from highly concentrated, toxic and/or lethal chemicals, and biological toxins; and limited use/disposable protective clothing, such as coveralls, laboratory coats, shirts, pants, hoods, aprons, sleeves, arm guards, caps, and smocks. The company provides durable woven garments, including electrostatic dissipative apparel used in electronics clean rooms; flame resistant meta aramid, para aramid, and FR cotton coveralls/pants/jackets used in petrochemical, refining operations, and electrical utilities; FR fabrics; and cotton and polycotton coveralls, lab coats, pants, and shirts. In addition, it provides high visibility clothing comprising reflective apparel, including vests, T-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, coats, raingear, jumpsuits, hats, and gloves; and gloves and sleeves that are used in the automotive, glass, and metal fabrication industries. The company sells its products to a network of safety and industrial supply distributors through in-house sales teams, customer service group, and independent sales representatives. It serves end users, such as integrated oil, chemical/petrochemical, automobile, steel, glass, construction, smelting, cleanroom, janitorial, pharmaceutical, and high technology electronics manufacturers, as well as scientific, medical laboratories, and the utilities industry; and federal, state, and local governmental agencies and departments. Lakeland Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.