FLXS vs. HOFT, SNBR, TSQ, RCKY, KNDI, ESCA, LCUT, QSG, APEI, and EVC
Should you be buying Flexsteel Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flexsteel Industries include Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Sleep Number (SNBR), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), Escalade (ESCA), Lifetime Brands (LCUT), QuantaSing Group (QSG), American Public Education (APEI), and Entravision Communications (EVC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Hooker Furnishings (NASDAQ:HOFT) and Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Flexsteel Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Hooker Furnishings. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Flexsteel Industries and 2 mentions for Hooker Furnishings. Hooker Furnishings' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 0.07 indicating that Flexsteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 3.86% compared to Flexsteel Industries' net margin of 2.28%. Hooker Furnishings' return on equity of 5.13% beat Flexsteel Industries' return on equity.
Flexsteel Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hooker Furnishings. Flexsteel Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hooker Furnishings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hooker Furnishings pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Hooker Furnishings pays out 101.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flexsteel Industries pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hooker Furnishings has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Hooker Furnishings is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
73.6% of Hooker Furnishings shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hooker Furnishings shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Flexsteel Industries received 6 more outperform votes than Hooker Furnishings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.91% of users gave Flexsteel Industries an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Hooker Furnishings an outperform vote.
Hooker Furnishings has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Hooker Furnishings on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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