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Should you be buying Ethan Allen Interiors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ethan Allen Interiors include La-Z-Boy (LZB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Mohawk Industries (MHK), Foot Locker (FL), Wendy's (WEN), and Capri (CPRI).
Ethan Allen Interiors vs. Its Competitors
La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) and Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETH) are both small-cap home furnishings companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
99.6% of La-Z-Boy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of La-Z-Boy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
La-Z-Boy currently has a consensus target price of $44.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.35%. Given La-Z-Boy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe La-Z-Boy is more favorable than Ethan Allen Interiors.
Ethan Allen Interiors has a net margin of 8.76% compared to La-Z-Boy's net margin of 4.72%. Ethan Allen Interiors' return on equity of 17.30% beat La-Z-Boy's return on equity.
La-Z-Boy has higher revenue and earnings than Ethan Allen Interiors. Ethan Allen Interiors 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.
La-Z-Boy has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ethan Allen Interiors has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
La-Z-Boy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ethan Allen Interiors pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. La-Z-Boy pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ethan Allen Interiors pays out 42.2% 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. La-Z-Boy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
In the previous week, La-Z-Boy had 1 more articles in the media than Ethan Allen Interiors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for La-Z-Boy and 2 mentions for Ethan Allen Interiors. La-Z-Boy's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Ethan Allen Interiors' score of 0.00 indicating that La-Z-Boy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
La-Z-Boy beats Ethan Allen Interiors on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ETH) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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