RH vs. WSM, HVT, AAN, KIRK, ARHS, LOVE, MKC, HRL, CLX, and CAG
Should you be buying RH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RH include Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), Aaron's (AAN), Kirkland's (KIRK), Arhaus (ARHS), Lovesac (LOVE), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Clorox (CLX), and Conagra Brands (CAG).
RH (NYSE:RH) and Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 13.83% compared to RH's net margin of 2.72%. Williams-Sonoma's return on equity of 54.50% beat RH's return on equity.
In the previous week, RH had 8 more articles in the media than Williams-Sonoma. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for RH and 8 mentions for Williams-Sonoma. Williams-Sonoma's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat RH's score of 0.32 indicating that Williams-Sonoma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RH has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Williams-Sonoma has higher revenue and earnings than RH. Williams-Sonoma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RH received 114 more outperform votes than Williams-Sonoma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.11% of users gave RH an outperform vote while only 49.29% of users gave Williams-Sonoma an outperform vote.
90.2% of RH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by institutional investors. 28.1% of RH shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held 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.
RH presently has a consensus price target of $310.79, suggesting a potential upside of 10.61%. Williams-Sonoma has a consensus price target of $131.69, suggesting a potential downside of 15.31%. Given RH's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe RH is more favorable than Williams-Sonoma.
Summary
RH and Williams-Sonoma tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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