Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT.A) & Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) Financial Analysis

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT.A) and Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Haverty Furniture Companies and Haverty Furniture Companies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haverty Furniture Companies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Haverty Furniture Companies	0	1	0	0	2.00

Dividends

Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 104.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 111.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haverty Furniture Companies has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Haverty Furniture Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Haverty Furniture Companies and Haverty Furniture Companies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90 million	0.52	$18.57 million	$1.15	20.32
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90 million	0.52	$19.96 million	$1.15	20.05

Haverty Furniture Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haverty Furniture Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.8% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haverty Furniture Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Haverty Furniture Companies	2.71%	6.39%	3.02%

Volatility and Risk

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Haverty Furniture Companies beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 Sealy, Tempur-Pedic, and Serta names, as well as private label Skye name. The company sells home furnishings through its retail stores, as well as through its Website. As of February 23, 2021, it operated 120 showrooms in 16 states in the Southern and Midwestern regions. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. was founded in 1885 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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.