AMWD vs. LZB, SPHR, GES, AFYA, VSCO, RSI, CAL, OXM, MSGE, and JELD
Should you be buying American Woodmark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Woodmark include La-Z-Boy (LZB), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), Guess? (GES), Afya (AFYA), Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Caleres (CAL), Oxford Industries (OXM), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), and JELD-WEN (JELD).
La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) and American Woodmark (NASDAQ:AMWD) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
American Woodmark has a net margin of 6.38% compared to American Woodmark's net margin of 5.73%. La-Z-Boy's return on equity of 16.72% beat American Woodmark's return on equity.
American Woodmark has a consensus price target of $93.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.86%. Given La-Z-Boy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Woodmark is more favorable than La-Z-Boy.
American Woodmark received 37 more outperform votes than La-Z-Boy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.83% of users gave La-Z-Boy an outperform vote while only 60.07% of users gave American Woodmark an outperform vote.
99.6% of La-Z-Boy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of American Woodmark shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of La-Z-Boy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of American Woodmark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
La-Z-Boy has higher revenue and earnings than American Woodmark. La-Z-Boy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Woodmark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, La-Z-Boy had 11 more articles in the media than American Woodmark. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for La-Z-Boy and 3 mentions for American Woodmark. La-Z-Boy's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat American Woodmark's score of 0.13 indicating that American Woodmark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
La-Z-Boy has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Woodmark has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Woodmark beats La-Z-Boy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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