LZB vs. LEG, SPHR, GES, OSW, AMWD, PTON, VSCO, CAL, PRDO, and HBI
Should you be buying La-Z-Boy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of La-Z-Boy include Leggett & Platt (LEG), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), Guess? (GES), OneSpaWorld (OSW), American Woodmark (AMWD), Peloton Interactive (PTON), Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO), Caleres (CAL), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), and Hanesbrands (HBI). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Leggett & Platt had 7 more articles in the media than La-Z-Boy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Leggett & Platt and 5 mentions for La-Z-Boy. La-Z-Boy's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Leggett & Platt's score of 0.42 indicating that La-Z-Boy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
La-Z-Boy has a net margin of 5.73% compared to Leggett & Platt's net margin of -3.44%. La-Z-Boy's return on equity of 13.55% beat Leggett & Platt's return on equity.
La-Z-Boy has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leggett & Platt has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 56.72% 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.
99.6% of La-Z-Boy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Leggett & Platt shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of La-Z-Boy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Leggett & Platt shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
La-Z-Boy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Leggett & Platt pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. 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. Leggett & Platt is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Leggett & Platt has a consensus target price of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.49%. Given Leggett & Platt's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Leggett & Platt is more favorable than La-Z-Boy.
Summary
La-Z-Boy beats Leggett & Platt on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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