HOFT vs. FLXS, PRPL, SNBR, NTZ, EVC, LVO, ESCA, VIRC, QSG, and JAKK
Should you be buying Hooker Furnishings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hooker Furnishings include Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Purple Innovation (PRPL), Sleep Number (SNBR), Natuzzi (NTZ), Entravision Communications (EVC), LiveOne (LVO), Escalade (ESCA), Virco Mfg. (VIRC), QuantaSing Group (QSG), and JAKKS Pacific (JAKK).
Hooker Furnishings (NASDAQ:HOFT) and Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment 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 1.61 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 0.46 indicating that Hooker Furnishings is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.6% of Hooker Furnishings shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Flexsteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hooker Furnishings shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Flexsteel Industries shares are owned by 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 7 more outperform votes than Hooker Furnishings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.80% of users gave Flexsteel Industries an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Hooker Furnishings an outperform vote.
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 has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Hooker Furnishings' net margin of 2.28%. Flexsteel Industries' return on equity of 6.54% beat Hooker Furnishings' return on equity.
Hooker Furnishings pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Flexsteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Hooker Furnishings on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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