Comparing Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) & Perfect Moment (NASDAQ:PMNT)

Perfect Moment (NASDAQ:PMNT) and Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Perfect Moment and Columbia Sportswear, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perfect Moment	0	0	1	0	3.00
Columbia Sportswear	0	2	1	0	2.33

Perfect Moment currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 430.97%. Columbia Sportswear has a consensus price target of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.93%. Given Perfect Moment’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Perfect Moment is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

23.0% of Perfect Moment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by institutional investors. 44.7% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Perfect Moment and Columbia Sportswear’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perfect Moment	-67.38%	-513.83%	-119.38%
Columbia Sportswear	6.63%	12.23%	7.93%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Perfect Moment and Columbia Sportswear”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perfect Moment	$21.31 million	0.88	-$8.72 million	($1.30)	-0.87
Columbia Sportswear	$3.37 billion	1.26	$223.27 million	$3.87	19.79

Columbia Sportswear has higher revenue and earnings than Perfect Moment. Perfect Moment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Columbia Sportswear beats Perfect Moment on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Perfect Moment

Perfect Moment Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a fashion brand that offers ski, surf, and activewear collections under the brand name of Perfect Moment. It offers skiwear, outerwear, swimwear and activewear for women, men, and children. The company sells its collections directly to customers through e-commerce and to wholesale accounts, as well as through other sales partnerships. Perfect Moment Ltd. was founded in 1984 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

About Columbia Sportswear

Columbia Sportswear Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and distributes outdoor, active, and everyday lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Canada. The company provides apparel, accessories, and equipment for hiking, trail running, snow, fishing, hunting, mountaineering, climbing, skiing and snowboarding, trail, and outdoor activities. It offers footwear products that include lightweight hiking boot; trail running shoes; rugged cold weather boots; sandals and shoes for use in water activities; and footwear for lifestyle wear. In addition, it owned network of branded and outlet retail stores; brand-specific e-commerce sites; and concession or franchise-based arrangements with third parties at branded outlet and shop-in-shop retail locations, as well as through independently operated specialty outdoor and sporting goods stores, sporting goods chains, department store chains, internet retailers, and international distributors. The company sells its products under the Columbia, Mountain Hard Wear, SOREL, and prAna brand names. Columbia Sportswear Company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.