ETD vs. DIN, BJRI, SPTN, FVRR, FLWS, HLF, FIGS, MOV, TAST, and PTLO
Should you be buying Ethan Allen Interiors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ethan Allen Interiors include Dine Brands Global (DIN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), SpartanNash (SPTN), Fiverr International (FVRR), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), Herbalife (HLF), FIGS (FIGS), Movado Group (MOV), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), and Portillo's (PTLO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN) and Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETD) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Dine Brands Global pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Ethan Allen Interiors pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Dine Brands Global pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ethan Allen Interiors pays out 52.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ethan Allen Interiors has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Ethan Allen Interiors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Dine Brands Global had 25 more articles in the media than Ethan Allen Interiors. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Dine Brands Global and 1 mentions for Ethan Allen Interiors. Ethan Allen Interiors' average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Dine Brands Global's score of -0.39 indicating that Dine Brands Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ethan Allen Interiors has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dine Brands Global received 612 more outperform votes than Ethan Allen Interiors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.26% of users gave Dine Brands Global an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Ethan Allen Interiors an outperform vote.
92.8% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ethan Allen Interiors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dine Brands Global. Dine Brands Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ethan Allen Interiors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dine Brands Global has a net margin of 11.69% compared to Dine Brands Global's net margin of 10.63%. Dine Brands Global's return on equity of 14.93% beat Ethan Allen Interiors' return on equity.
Dine Brands Global presently has a consensus target price of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.56%. Ethan Allen Interiors has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.63%. Given Ethan Allen Interiors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dine Brands Global is more favorable than Ethan Allen Interiors.
Summary
Dine Brands Global beats Ethan Allen Interiors on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Ethan Allen Interiors News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ETD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ETD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Ethan Allen Interiors Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
