Institutional & Insider Ownership
40.0% of The Dixie Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of The Dixie Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Wacoal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
The Dixie Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wacoal has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares The Dixie Group and Wacoal”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| The Dixie Group | $271.01 million | 0.02 | -$2.72 million | ($0.35) | -1.23 |
| Wacoal | $1.14 billion | 1.17 | $86.62 million | $0.83 | 153.55 |
Wacoal has higher revenue and earnings than The Dixie Group. The Dixie Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wacoal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares The Dixie Group and Wacoal’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| The Dixie Group | -0.99% | -7.65% | -1.04% |
| Wacoal | 0.50% | 0.42% | 0.30% |
Summary
Wacoal beats The Dixie Group on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About The Dixie Group
The Dixie Group, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells floorcovering products to residential customers in North America and internationally. The company offers residential carpets, custom rugs, and engineered wood products under the Fabrica brand for interior decorators and designers, selected retailers and furniture stores, luxury home builders, and manufacturers of luxury motor coaches and yachts; and specialty carpets and rugs for the high-end residential marketplace, as well as luxury vinyl flooring products and broadloom carpet products under the Masland Residential brand name through the interior design community and specialty floorcovering retailers. It provides residential tufted broadloom carpets and rugs to selected retailers and home centers under the DH floors and private label brands, as well as luxury vinyl flooring products to the marketplace it serves. The Dixie Group, Inc. was founded in 1920 and is based in Dalton, Georgia.
About Wacoal
Wacoal Holdings Corp. engages in the manufacturing, wholesale, and retail sale of intimate apparel, outerwear, sportswear, and other textile products and accessories in Japan, Asia, Oceania, the United States, and Europe. The company operates through Wacoal Business (Domestic), Wacoal Business (Overseas), Peach John Business, and Other Businesses segments. It offers intimate apparel mainly women’s foundation wear, lingerie, nightwear and children’s underwear; and outerwear, sportswear, and other textile products and accessories. The company also engages in the restaurant, cultural and service-related businesses; and manufacture and sale of mannequins and fixtures, interior design work, and other textile-related businesses. It offers products through department stores, general merchandisers, and other general retailers in Japan, as well as directly managed retail stores, E-commerce websites, and distributors in Japan and internationally. Wacoal Holdings Corp. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
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