Head to Head Review: Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT) & The Competition

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) is one of 14 publicly-traded companies in the “RETAIL – HOME FRN” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Haverty Furniture Companies to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Dividends

Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “RETAIL – HOME FRN” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.5% and pay out 49.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Haverty Furniture Companies has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of shares of all “RETAIL – HOME FRN” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of shares of all “RETAIL – HOME FRN” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Haverty Furniture Companies and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90 million	$19.96 million	15.74
Haverty Furniture Companies Competitors	$26.26 billion	$2.36 billion	16.47

Haverty Furniture Companies’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haverty Furniture Companies’ rivals have a beta of 1.48, indicating that their average share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Haverty Furniture Companies and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haverty Furniture Companies	2.96%	6.94%	3.29%
Haverty Furniture Companies Competitors	6.52%	33.77%	8.67%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Haverty Furniture Companies and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haverty Furniture Companies	0	1	0	0	2.00
Haverty Furniture Companies Competitors	171	1316	2026	38	2.54

As a group, “RETAIL – HOME FRN” companies have a potential upside of 22.52%. Given Haverty Furniture Companies’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Haverty Furniture Companies has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Haverty Furniture Companies rivals beat Haverty Furniture Companies on 12 of the 15 factors compared.

About Haverty Furniture Companies

Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of residential furniture and accessories in the United States. The company offers furniture merchandise under the Havertys brand name. It also provides custom upholstery products and eclectic looks; and mattress product lines under the Tempur-Pedic, Serta, Sealy, and Stearns and Foster names. The company sells home furnishings through its retail stores, as well as through its website. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.