HVT vs. AAN, KIRK, WSM, RH, LOVE, ARHS, CNXN, BLMN, WMK, and QRTEB
Should you be buying Haverty Furniture Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Haverty Furniture Companies include Aaron's (AAN), Kirkland's (KIRK), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), RH (RH), Lovesac (LOVE), Arhaus (ARHS), PC Connection (CNXN), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Weis Markets (WMK), and Qurate Retail (QRTEB).
Aaron's (NYSE:AAN) and Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Aaron's pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Aaron's pays out -63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Aaron's has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Haverty Furniture Companies has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Aaron's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Haverty Furniture Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Aaron's. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies and 5 mentions for Aaron's. Aaron's' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Haverty Furniture Companies' score of 0.19 indicating that Haverty Furniture Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.0% of Aaron's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Aaron's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Haverty Furniture Companies has a net margin of 5.64% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of -1.15%. Aaron's' return on equity of 14.98% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.
Haverty Furniture Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aaron's. Aaron's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haverty Furniture Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aaron's presently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.39%. Haverty Furniture Companies has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 68.22%. Given Aaron's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Haverty Furniture Companies is more favorable than Aaron's.
Aaron's received 145 more outperform votes than Haverty Furniture Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.29% of users gave Aaron's an outperform vote while only 64.37% of users gave Haverty Furniture Companies an outperform vote.
Aaron's has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Haverty Furniture Companies beats Aaron's on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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