Lovesac (LOVE) Competitors

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) and Lovesac (NASDAQ:LOVE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is HVT or LOVE more profitable?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a net margin of 6.53% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of 3.39%. Lovesac's return on equity of 18.36% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haverty Furniture Companies	6.53%	18.36%	8.55%
Lovesac	3.39%	12.19%	5.36%

Which has better valuation and earnings, HVT or LOVE?

Haverty Furniture Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Lovesac. Haverty Furniture Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lovesac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haverty Furniture Companies	$862.13M	0.58	$56.32M	$3.35	9.17
Lovesac	$700.27M	0.46	$23.86M	$1.40	14.82

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HVT or LOVE?

Haverty Furniture Companies received 237 more outperform votes than Lovesac when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.25% of users gave Lovesac an outperform vote while only 64.42% of users gave Haverty Furniture Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Haverty Furniture Companies	Outperform Votes 391 64.42%	Underperform Votes 216 35.58%
Lovesac	Outperform Votes 154 67.25%	Underperform Votes 75 32.75%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HVT or LOVE?

80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Lovesac shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of Lovesac shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate HVT or LOVE?

Haverty Furniture Companies presently has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.20%. Lovesac has a consensus price target of $35.33, indicating a potential upside of 69.38%. Given Haverty Furniture Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lovesac is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lovesac	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, HVT or LOVE?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lovesac has a beta of 2.87, suggesting that its share price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HVT or LOVE?

In the previous week, Lovesac had 17 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Lovesac and 6 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Lovesac's score of -0.15 indicating that Lovesac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Haverty Furniture Companies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lovesac	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Lovesac beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.