Williams-Sonoma (WSM) Competitors

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) and Lovesac (NASDAQ:LOVE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Is WSM or LOVE more profitable?

Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 14.35% compared to Lovesac's net margin of 1.99%. Williams-Sonoma's return on equity of 52.79% beat Lovesac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Williams-Sonoma	14.35%	52.79%	21.64%
Lovesac	1.99%	6.70%	2.74%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WSM or LOVE?

99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Lovesac shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Lovesac shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, WSM or LOVE?

Williams-Sonoma has higher revenue and earnings than Lovesac. Williams-Sonoma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lovesac, 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
Williams-Sonoma	$7.71B	2.90	$1.13B	$8.83	20.59
Lovesac	$680.63M	0.43	$11.56M	$0.70	29.01

Which has more risk & volatility, WSM or LOVE?

Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lovesac has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer WSM or LOVE?

Williams-Sonoma presently has a consensus target price of $178.41, suggesting a potential downside of 1.86%. Lovesac has a consensus target price of $30.40, suggesting a potential upside of 49.68%. Given Lovesac's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lovesac is more favorable than Williams-Sonoma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Williams-Sonoma	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Lovesac	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to WSM or LOVE?

In the previous week, Williams-Sonoma had 21 more articles in the media than Lovesac. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Williams-Sonoma and 2 mentions for Lovesac. Williams-Sonoma's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Lovesac's score of 0.59 indicating that Williams-Sonoma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Williams-Sonoma	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lovesac	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Williams-Sonoma beats Lovesac on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.