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$10.09
+0.10 (+1.00%)
(As of 10/3/2024)

AAN vs. HVT, KIRK, WSM, RH, CTOS, EHGO, KPLT, FPAY, URI, and AER

Should you be buying Aaron's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aaron's include Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), Kirkland's (KIRK), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), RH (RH), Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), Eshallgo (EHGO), Katapult (KPLT), FlexShopper (FPAY), United Rentals (URI), and AerCap (AER).

Aaron's vs.

Aaron's (NYSE:AAN) and Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Aaron's pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Aaron's pays out -63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 80.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Haverty Furniture Companies had 13 more articles in the media than Aaron's. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies and 2 mentions for Aaron's. Aaron's' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Haverty Furniture Companies' score of -0.17 indicating that Aaron's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aaron's
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Haverty Furniture Companies
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Aaron's presently has a consensus price target of $9.46, indicating a potential downside of 6.24%. Haverty Furniture Companies has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 103.16%. Given Haverty Furniture Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Haverty Furniture Companies is more favorable than Aaron's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aaron's
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Haverty Furniture Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aaron's$2.07B0.15$2.82M-$0.79-12.77
Haverty Furniture Companies$793.72M0.46$56.32M$1.5913.96

92.0% of Aaron's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Aaron's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Haverty Furniture Companies has a net margin of 4.91% compared to Aaron's' net margin of -2.06%. Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity of 12.58% beat Aaron's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aaron's-2.06% -2.08% -0.79%
Haverty Furniture Companies 4.91%12.58%5.96%

Aaron's has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Aaron's received 142 more outperform votes than Haverty Furniture Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.32% of users gave Aaron's an outperform vote while only 64.12% of users gave Haverty Furniture Companies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aaron'sOutperform Votes
537
68.32%
Underperform Votes
249
31.68%
Haverty Furniture CompaniesOutperform Votes
395
64.12%
Underperform Votes
221
35.88%

Summary

Haverty Furniture Companies beats Aaron's on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AAN vs. The Competition

MetricAaron'sEquipment rental & leasing IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$318.06M$6.55B$8.02B$19.17B
Dividend Yield5.04%2.25%2.74%3.52%
P/E Ratio-12.7712.0117.7531.74
Price / Sales0.151.5731.2517.87
Price / Cash0.533.8015.0020.46
Price / Book0.452.515.385.38
Net Income$2.82M$500.42M$246.56M$984.37M
7 Day PerformanceN/A6.31%0.14%-0.54%
1 Month Performance1.41%4.71%1.05%-0.97%
1 Year Performance36.17%28.12%66.27%29.31%

Aaron's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AAN
Aaron's
1.0168 of 5 stars
$10.09
+1.0%
$9.46
-6.2%
+36.3%$318.06M$2.07B-12.779,071High Trading Volume
HVT
Haverty Furniture Companies
4.7927 of 5 stars
$23.94
-1.5%
$45.00
+88.0%
-6.8%$388.69M$793.72M10.322,574Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
KIRK
Kirkland's
1.4143 of 5 stars
$1.64
-6.3%
$4.50
+174.4%
+3.1%$21.38M$460.35M-1.099,000Options Volume
WSM
Williams-Sonoma
4.5375 of 5 stars
$132.40
-0.1%
$139.83
+5.6%
+78.6%$16.73B$7.75B15.9019,300Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RH
RH
3.8804 of 5 stars
$321.56
+3.1%
$331.77
+3.2%
+49.0%$5.93B$3.05B189.155,960
CTOS
Custom Truck One Source
2.2555 of 5 stars
$3.99
+9.9%
$5.88
+47.4%
-30.1%$941.30M$1.79B-79.702,580Earnings Report
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
EHGO
Eshallgo
N/A$3.12
+14.3%
N/AN/A$67.91M$16.96M0.00128Positive News
Gap Up
KPLT
Katapult
2.8664 of 5 stars
$8.55
+1.8%
$15.00
+75.5%
-11.9%$35.63M$236.29M-1.24130Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FPAY
FlexShopper
3.2196 of 5 stars
$1.38
-6.8%
$2.50
+81.2%
+30.2%$30.02M$127.36M-6.00140News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
URI
United Rentals
4.5598 of 5 stars
$811.88
-0.1%
$742.50
-8.5%
+97.6%$53.28B$14.98B21.2026,300Insider Selling
AER
AerCap
3.3058 of 5 stars
$93.87
-1.9%
$110.83
+18.1%
+53.3%$18.58B$7.76B6.04740Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:AAN) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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