LEG vs. LZB, TGNA, CENTA, ATAT, SPB, CUK, CRI, PENN, LAUR, and CMPR
Should you be buying Leggett & Platt stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leggett & Platt include La-Z-Boy (LZB), TEGNA (TGNA), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Carnival Co. & (CUK), Carter's (CRI), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Laureate Education (LAUR), and Cimpress (CMPR). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) and Leggett & Platt (NYSE:LEG) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Leggett & Platt had 31 more articles in the media than La-Z-Boy. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Leggett & Platt and 12 mentions for La-Z-Boy. Leggett & Platt's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat La-Z-Boy's score of -0.13 indicating that La-Z-Boy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
La-Z-Boy has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leggett & Platt has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.6% of La-Z-Boy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Leggett & Platt shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of La-Z-Boy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Leggett & Platt shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Leggett & Platt received 5 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 56.82% of users gave Leggett & Platt an outperform vote.
La-Z-Boy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Leggett & Platt. Leggett & Platt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than La-Z-Boy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
La-Z-Boy has a net margin of 5.73% compared to La-Z-Boy's net margin of -3.44%. Leggett & Platt's return on equity of 13.55% beat La-Z-Boy's return on equity.
Leggett & Platt has a consensus price target of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.80%. Given La-Z-Boy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Leggett & Platt is more favorable than La-Z-Boy.
La-Z-Boy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Leggett & Platt pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. La-Z-Boy pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leggett & Platt pays out -158.6% 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. La-Z-Boy has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Leggett & Platt has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Leggett & Platt is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
La-Z-Boy beats Leggett & Platt on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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