RH vs. WSM, HVT, AAN, KIRK, ARHS, LOVE, CLX, CAG, CPB, and USFD
Should you be buying RH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RH include Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), Aaron's (AAN), Kirkland's (KIRK), Arhaus (ARHS), Lovesac (LOVE), Clorox (CLX), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), and US Foods (USFD).
RH (NYSE:RH) and Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 13.83% compared to RH's net margin of 4.21%. Williams-Sonoma's return on equity of 54.50% beat RH's return on equity.
RH received 114 more outperform votes than Williams-Sonoma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.42% of users gave RH an outperform vote while only 49.18% of users gave Williams-Sonoma an outperform vote.
90.2% of RH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by institutional investors. 28.1% of RH shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RH currently has a consensus price target of $332.15, indicating a potential upside of 30.57%. Williams-Sonoma has a consensus price target of $259.94, indicating a potential downside of 10.51%. Given RH's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe RH is more favorable than Williams-Sonoma.
In the previous week, Williams-Sonoma had 51 more articles in the media than RH. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Williams-Sonoma and 18 mentions for RH. Williams-Sonoma's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat RH's score of 0.34 indicating that Williams-Sonoma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RH has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its share price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Williams-Sonoma has higher revenue and earnings than RH. Williams-Sonoma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Williams-Sonoma beats RH on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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