Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD) Competitors

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) and Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETD) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Is HVT or ETD more profitable?

Ethan Allen Interiors has a net margin of 9.29% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of 2.96%. Ethan Allen Interiors' return on equity of 12.08% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haverty Furniture Companies	2.96%	6.94%	3.29%
Ethan Allen Interiors	9.29%	12.08%	7.83%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HVT or ETD?

80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Ethan Allen Interiors 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, HVT or ETD?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ethan Allen Interiors has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HVT or ETD a better dividend stock?

Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Ethan Allen Interiors pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ethan Allen Interiors pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haverty Furniture Companies has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Ethan Allen Interiors has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Haverty Furniture Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to HVT or ETD?

In the previous week, Haverty Furniture Companies and Haverty Furniture Companies both had 2 articles in the media. Ethan Allen Interiors' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Haverty Furniture Companies' score of -0.33 indicating that Ethan Allen Interiors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ethan Allen Interiors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer HVT or ETD?

Ethan Allen Interiors has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.20%. Given Ethan Allen Interiors' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ethan Allen Interiors 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Ethan Allen Interiors	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HVT or ETD?

Ethan Allen Interiors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Ethan Allen Interiors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haverty Furniture Companies, 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	0.46	$19.96M	$1.26	16.46
Ethan Allen Interiors	$622.92M	1.17	$63.82M	$2.25	12.79

Summary

Ethan Allen Interiors beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.