Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A) Competitors

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

Is HVT.A or SPH a better dividend stock?

Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Suburban Propane Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Suburban Propane Partners pays out 90.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Suburban Propane Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate HVT.A or SPH?

Suburban Propane Partners has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.79%. Given Suburban Propane Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Suburban Propane Partners 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
Suburban Propane Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HVT.A or SPH?

Suburban Propane Partners received 246 more outperform votes than Haverty Furniture Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.38% of users gave Haverty Furniture Companies an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Suburban Propane Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Haverty Furniture Companies	Outperform Votes 63 62.38%	Underperform Votes 38 37.62%
Suburban Propane Partners	Outperform Votes 309 57.22%	Underperform Votes 231 42.78%

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

0.8% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HVT.A or SPH more profitable?

Suburban Propane Partners has a net margin of 5.18% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Suburban Propane Partners' return on equity of 11.81% 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
Suburban Propane Partners	5.18%	11.81%	2.98%

Which has more volatility & risk, HVT.A or SPH?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suburban Propane Partners has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HVT.A or SPH?

In the previous week, Suburban Propane Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Suburban Propane Partners and 0 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Suburban Propane Partners'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Haverty Furniture Companies	Neutral
Suburban Propane Partners	Neutral

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

Suburban Propane Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Suburban Propane Partners 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
Haverty Furniture Companies	$720.47M	0.44	$20.35M	$1.26	15.58
Suburban Propane Partners	$1.42B	0.83	$74.17M	$1.44	12.67

Summary

Suburban Propane Partners beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.