HOFT vs. FLXS, BSET, TPX, MHK, LZB, LEG, SNBR, PRPL, NTZ, and NVFY
Should you be buying Hooker Furnishings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hooker Furnishings include Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Mohawk Industries (MHK), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Sleep Number (SNBR), Purple Innovation (PRPL), Natuzzi (NTZ), and Nova LifeStyle (NVFY).
Hooker Furnishings vs.
Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) and Hooker Furnishings (NASDAQ:HOFT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Hooker Furnishings pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Flexsteel Industries pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hooker Furnishings pays out -77.3% 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. Flexsteel Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Hooker Furnishings has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Hooker Furnishings is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 4.63% compared to Hooker Furnishings' net margin of -2.46%. Flexsteel Industries' return on equity of 11.25% beat Hooker Furnishings' return on equity.
Flexsteel Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Hooker Furnishings. Hooker Furnishings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flexsteel Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
36.3% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Hooker Furnishings shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Hooker Furnishings shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Flexsteel Industries received 9 more outperform votes than Hooker Furnishings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Flexsteel Industries an outperform vote while only 56.08% of users gave Hooker Furnishings an outperform vote.
Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hooker Furnishings has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hooker Furnishings had 2 more articles in the media than Flexsteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hooker Furnishings and 3 mentions for Flexsteel Industries. Flexsteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Hooker Furnishings' score of 0.36 indicating that Flexsteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Hooker Furnishings on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HOFT) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
