The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (MW): I Still “Like The Way” This Retailer Looks

The Foolish bottom line

Let’s brush all that drama aside for a moment to compare the fundamentals of Men’s Wearhouse to its two aforementioned rivals – Jos. A Bank and Ross Stores – to better understand how the company is faring.

Source: Yahoo Finance, 6/20/2013

Fundamentally, Men’s Wearhouse is an attractively valued stock, trading at a lower forward P/E and P/S ratio than either rival. It also has a clean balance sheet and the strongest year-on-year earnings growth of the bunch.

Ross definitely has a strong advantage in margins and sales growth, but it only directly competes with Men’s Wearhouse’s K&G stores. Lastly, it’s clear that Men’s Wearhouse is very good at maintaining its core competencies, handily beating down its only publicly traded competitor, Jos. A Bank, in nearly every category.

Therefore, with or without its iconic founder, I still “like the way” Men’s Wearhouse looks. There’s no real reason to abandon this stock, which as already risen 30% over the past twelve months, when it has so many clearly defined strengths.

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