LZB vs. LEG, RSI, VSCO, SPHR, AMWD, CAL, GIII, OSW, PLYA, and SGHC
Should you be buying La-Z-Boy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of La-Z-Boy include Leggett & Platt (LEG), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), American Woodmark (AMWD), Caleres (CAL), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), OneSpaWorld (OSW), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), and Super Group (SGHC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Leggett & Platt (NYSE:LEG) and La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
In the previous week, Leggett & Platt had 37 more articles in the media than La-Z-Boy. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Leggett & Platt and 11 mentions for La-Z-Boy. Leggett & Platt's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat La-Z-Boy's score of -0.07 indicating that La-Z-Boy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
La-Z-Boy has a net margin of 5.73% compared to La-Z-Boy's net margin of -3.44%. Leggett & Platt's return on equity of 13.55% beat La-Z-Boy's return on equity.
Leggett & Platt has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, La-Z-Boy has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.2% of Leggett & Platt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of La-Z-Boy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Leggett & Platt shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of La-Z-Boy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
La-Z-Boy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Leggett & Platt. Leggett & Platt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than La-Z-Boy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Leggett & Platt received 5 more outperform votes than La-Z-Boy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.83% of users gave La-Z-Boy an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Leggett & Platt an outperform vote.
Leggett & Platt pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. La-Z-Boy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Leggett & Platt pays out -158.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. La-Z-Boy pays out 29.5% 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. Leggett & Platt has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years and La-Z-Boy has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Leggett & Platt is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Leggett & Platt presently has a consensus price target of $13.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. Given La-Z-Boy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Leggett & Platt is more favorable than La-Z-Boy.
Summary
La-Z-Boy beats Leggett & Platt on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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