Destination XL Group (DXLG) Competitors

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT.A) and Destination XL Group (NASDAQ:DXLG) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, HVT.A or DXLG?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Destination XL Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, HVT.A or DXLG?

Destination XL Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Destination XL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90M	0.47	$18.95M	$1.17	17.94
Destination XL Group	$467.02M	0.18	$27.85M	$0.05	31.40

Is HVT.A or DXLG more profitable?

Destination XL Group has a net margin of 1.98% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Destination XL Group's return on equity of 7.21% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haverty Furniture Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Destination XL Group	1.98%	7.21%	2.91%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HVT.A or DXLG?

0.8% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Destination XL Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Destination XL Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HVT.A or DXLG?

Haverty Furniture Companies received 44 more outperform votes than Destination XL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave Haverty Furniture Companies an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Destination XL Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Haverty Furniture Companies	Outperform Votes 63 62.38%	Underperform Votes 38 37.62%
Destination XL Group	Outperform Votes 19 59.38%	Underperform Votes 13 40.63%

Does the media prefer HVT.A or DXLG?

In the previous week, Destination XL Group had 10 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Destination XL Group and 2 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Destination XL Group's score of 0.31 indicating that Haverty Furniture Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Haverty Furniture Companies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Destination XL Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer HVT.A or DXLG?

Destination XL Group has a consensus target price of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 75.16%. Given Destination XL Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Destination XL Group is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Destination XL Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Destination XL Group beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.