MHK vs. TPX, LZB, LEG, FLXS, HOFT, BSET, TILE, DXYN, LVS, and TCOM
Should you be buying Mohawk Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mohawk Industries include Tempur Sealy International (TPX), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Interface (TILE), The Dixie Group (DXYN), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), and Trip.com Group (TCOM).
Mohawk Industries (NYSE:MHK) and Tempur Sealy International (NYSE:TPX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Tempur Sealy International has a net margin of 7.32% compared to Mohawk Industries' net margin of -3.77%. Tempur Sealy International's return on equity of 168.59% beat Mohawk Industries' return on equity.
Mohawk Industries received 21 more outperform votes than Tempur Sealy International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.96% of users gave Mohawk Industries an outperform vote while only 64.48% of users gave Tempur Sealy International an outperform vote.
79.0% of Mohawk Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Tempur Sealy International shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Mohawk Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Tempur Sealy International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mohawk Industries currently has a consensus price target of $127.45, indicating a potential downside of 20.69%. Tempur Sealy International has a consensus price target of $60.14, indicating a potential upside of 14.93%. Given Tempur Sealy International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tempur Sealy International is more favorable than Mohawk Industries.
In the previous week, Mohawk Industries had 17 more articles in the media than Tempur Sealy International. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Mohawk Industries and 7 mentions for Tempur Sealy International. Mohawk Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Tempur Sealy International's score of 0.57 indicating that Mohawk Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mohawk Industries has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tempur Sealy International has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tempur Sealy International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mohawk Industries. Mohawk Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tempur Sealy International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tempur Sealy International beats Mohawk Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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