LEG vs. LZB, MODG, CABO, PLTK, TGNA, SPB, ATAT, STRA, CENTA, and MCW
Should you be buying Leggett & Platt stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leggett & Platt include La-Z-Boy (LZB), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Cable One (CABO), Playtika (PLTK), TEGNA (TGNA), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Strategic Education (STRA), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), and Mister Car Wash (MCW). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) and Leggett & Platt (NYSE:LEG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Leggett & Platt received 5 more outperform votes than La-Z-Boy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.83% of users gave La-Z-Boy an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Leggett & Platt an outperform vote.
La-Z-Boy has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leggett & Platt has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.3% of La-Z-Boy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Leggett & Platt shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of La-Z-Boy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Leggett & Platt shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
La-Z-Boy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Leggett & Platt pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. La-Z-Boy pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leggett & Platt pays out -184.0% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Leggett & Platt has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Leggett & Platt is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
La-Z-Boy has a net margin of 5.73% compared to La-Z-Boy's net margin of -2.90%. Leggett & Platt's return on equity of 13.55% beat La-Z-Boy's return on equity.
La-Z-Boy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Leggett & Platt. Leggett & Platt 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.
Leggett & Platt has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. Given La-Z-Boy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Leggett & Platt is more favorable than La-Z-Boy.
In the previous week, Leggett & Platt had 2 more articles in the media than La-Z-Boy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Leggett & Platt and 9 mentions for La-Z-Boy. Leggett & Platt's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat La-Z-Boy's score of 0.24 indicating that La-Z-Boy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
La-Z-Boy beats Leggett & Platt on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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