Reviewing Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) & Jerash Holdings (US) (NASDAQ:JRSH)

Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) and Jerash Holdings (US) (NASDAQ:JRSH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

40.3% of Amer Sports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Jerash Holdings (US) shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Jerash Holdings (US) shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Amer Sports and Jerash Holdings (US), as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amer Sports	0	3	11	0	2.79
Jerash Holdings (US)	0	0	0	0	N/A

Amer Sports presently has a consensus price target of $18.86, suggesting a potential upside of 28.28%. Jerash Holdings (US) has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 96.72%. Given Jerash Holdings (US)’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jerash Holdings (US) is more favorable than Amer Sports.

Profitability

This table compares Amer Sports and Jerash Holdings (US)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amer Sports	N/A	N/A	N/A
Jerash Holdings (US)	-0.75%	-1.31%	-1.11%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Amer Sports and Jerash Holdings (US)’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amer Sports	$4.37 billion	1.70	-$208.60 million	N/A	N/A
Jerash Holdings (US)	$138.06 million	0.27	$2.42 million	($0.07)	-43.57

Jerash Holdings (US) has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amer Sports.

Summary

Amer Sports beats Jerash Holdings (US) on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amer Sports

Amer Sports, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells sports equipment, apparel, footwear, and accessories in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, China, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through three segments: Technical Apparel, Outdoor Performance, and Ball & Racquet Sports. The Technical Apparel segment offers outdoor apparel, footwear, and accessories which includes climbing gear. The Outdoor Performance segment provides hiking and running footwear, functional apparel, skiing and snowboarding gear, and lifestyle footwear. The Ball & Racquet Sports segment offers sports equipment for tennis, baseball, american football, basketball, golf, and various other professional and recreational sports. This segment provides custom-fitting protective gear and apparel for baseball, softball, football, and lacrosse. It sells its products under the Arc'teryx, PeakPerformance, Salomon, Atomic, Armada, ENVE, Wilson, Louisville Slugger, DeMarini, EvoShield, and ATEC brands. The company distributes its products through retail stores, general sporting goods retailers, specialty stores, independently operated partner stores, and distributors, as well as its e-commerce websites, and retailer-owned and third-party e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Amer Sports Management Holding (Cayman) Limited and changed its name to Amer Sports, Inc. in August 2023. Amer Sports, Inc. was founded in 1950 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

About Jerash Holdings (US)

Jerash Holdings (US), Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and exports customized and ready-made sport and outerwear. The company offers t-shirts; jackets and pullover; pants and shorts; crew neck, polo shirts, and tank tops made from knitted fabric, as well as personal protective equipment. It serves various brand-name retailers in the United States, Hong Kong, Jordan, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Fairfield, New Jersey.