V.F. Corporation (NYSE:VFC) Receives $16.25 Consensus Price Target from Analysts

V.F. Corporation (NYSE:VFC) has earned an average rating of “Hold” from the twenty-three research firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, thirteen have given a hold recommendation, six have assigned a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $16.25.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on VFC. Baird R W raised shares of V.F. from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 26th. Stifel Nicolaus cut V.F. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $15.00 to $16.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 16th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $14.00 price target on V.F. and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of V.F. in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group set a $16.00 target price on V.F. in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th.

V.F. Stock Performance

V.F. stock opened at $17.50 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.40, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 0.65. V.F. has a 12 month low of $9.41 and a 12 month high of $29.02. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $14.95 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $13.72. The company has a market cap of $6.84 billion, a PE ratio of 79.55, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.77.

V.F. (NYSE:VFC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The textile maker reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.10. V.F. had a net margin of 0.95% and a return on equity of 20.34%. The company had revenue of $2.80 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.73 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.60 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. V.F. has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. Research analysts expect that V.F. will post 0.73 earnings per share for the current year.

V.F. Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 10th will be given a dividend of $0.09 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 10th. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.1%. V.F.’s dividend payout ratio is currently 163.64%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VFC. Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its stake in shares of V.F. by 11.1% in the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 277,442 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $4,306,000 after purchasing an additional 27,727 shares during the period. Entropy Technologies LP acquired a new position in shares of V.F. during the first quarter worth approximately $749,000. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC grew its holdings in V.F. by 30.7% in the 2nd quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 3,442,936 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $40,454,000 after buying an additional 808,474 shares in the last quarter. Fiduciary Alliance LLC increased its position in V.F. by 61.1% in the 2nd quarter. Fiduciary Alliance LLC now owns 481,091 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $5,653,000 after acquiring an additional 182,495 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its stake in V.F. by 94.8% during the 2nd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 4,975 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $58,000 after acquiring an additional 2,421 shares in the last quarter. 86.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

V.F. Company Profile

VF Corp. engages in the business of producing and marketing apparel, footwear, and accessories. It operates through the following segments: Outdoor, Active, Work, and Other. The Outdoor segment includes authentic outdoor-based lifestyle brands such as performance-based and outdoor apparel, footwear, and equipment.