HOFT vs. FLXS, SNBR, KBAL, ESCA, TSQ, REAL, ALTO, DLTH, LAZY, and SOND
Should you be buying Hooker Furnishings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hooker Furnishings include Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Sleep Number (SNBR), Kimball International (KBAL), Escalade (ESCA), Townsquare Media (TSQ), RealReal (REAL), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), Duluth (DLTH), Lazydays (LAZY), and Sonder (SOND). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
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 institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
60.2% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Hooker Furnishings shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hooker Furnishings 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.
Flexsteel Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Hooker Furnishings received 6 more outperform votes than Flexsteel Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.91% of users gave Flexsteel Industries an outperform vote while only 58.15% of users gave Hooker Furnishings an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hooker Furnishings had 13 more articles in the media than Flexsteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hooker Furnishings and 1 mentions for Flexsteel Industries. Flexsteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Hooker Furnishings' score of 0.26 indicating that Flexsteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hooker Furnishings has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Hooker Furnishings pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Flexsteel Industries pays out 74.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hooker Furnishings pays out -191.3% 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. Hooker Furnishings has raised its dividend for 7 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 1.05% compared to Hooker Furnishings' net margin of -0.74%. Hooker Furnishings' return on equity of 5.85% beat Flexsteel Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Hooker Furnishings beats Flexsteel Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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