Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ARHS or HVT.A?

Arhaus has higher revenue and earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Arhaus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haverty Furniture Companies, 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
Arhaus	$1.27B	0.89	$125.24M	$0.49	16.41
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90M	0.45	$18.95M	$1.17	17.04

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ARHS or HVT.A?

27.9% of Arhaus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Arhaus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ARHS or HVT.A more profitable?

Arhaus has a net margin of 6.18% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Arhaus' return on equity of 24.92% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arhaus	6.18%	24.92%	6.69%
Haverty Furniture Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARHS or HVT.A?

Haverty Furniture Companies received 7 more outperform votes than Arhaus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave Haverty Furniture Companies an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave Arhaus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arhaus	Outperform Votes 56 54.90%	Underperform Votes 46 45.10%
Haverty Furniture Companies	Outperform Votes 63 62.38%	Underperform Votes 38 37.62%

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

In the previous week, Arhaus had 11 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Arhaus and 4 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Arhaus' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Haverty Furniture Companies' score of 0.58 indicating that Arhaus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arhaus	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ARHS or HVT.A?

Arhaus presently has a consensus price target of $11.09, indicating a potential upside of 37.95%. Given Arhaus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Arhaus is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arhaus	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

Arhaus has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Arhaus beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.