Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A) Competitors

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT.A) and Revolve Group (NYSE:RVLV) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, HVT.A or RVLV?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Revolve Group has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HVT.A or RVLV?

0.8% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.6% of Revolve Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.8% of Revolve Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to HVT.A or RVLV?

In the previous week, Revolve Group had 7 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Revolve Group and 0 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Revolve Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Haverty Furniture Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Revolve Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Haverty Furniture Companies	Neutral
Revolve Group	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, HVT.A or RVLV?

Revolve Group has higher revenue and earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Revolve Group, 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	$722.90M	0.48	$18.71M	$1.15	18.43
Revolve Group	$1.13B	1.34	$49.56M	$0.62	34.15

Do analysts prefer HVT.A or RVLV?

Revolve Group has a consensus target price of $27.40, suggesting a potential upside of 29.43%. Given Revolve Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Revolve Group 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)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Revolve Group	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is HVT.A or RVLV more profitable?

Revolve Group has a net margin of 3.83% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Revolve Group's return on equity of 10.17% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haverty Furniture Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Revolve Group	3.83%	10.17%	6.53%

Summary

Revolve Group beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.