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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Columbia Sportswear and Perfect Moment, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

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

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

Profitability

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

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Columbia Sportswear and Perfect Moment”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

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

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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of Perfect Moment shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.7% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

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.

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.