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Should you be buying Ethan Allen Interiors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ethan Allen Interiors include La-Z-Boy (LZB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Mohawk Industries (MHK), Biglari (BH.A), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Signet Jewelers (SIG), and PriceSmart (PSMT).
Ethan Allen Interiors vs. Its Competitors
Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETH) and La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) are both small-cap home furnishings companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
La-Z-Boy has a consensus price target of $44.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.89%. Given La-Z-Boy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe La-Z-Boy is more favorable than Ethan Allen Interiors.
Ethan Allen Interiors has a net margin of 8.76% compared to La-Z-Boy's net margin of 4.72%. Ethan Allen Interiors' return on equity of 17.30% beat La-Z-Boy's return on equity.
Ethan Allen Interiors pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. La-Z-Boy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ethan Allen Interiors pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. La-Z-Boy pays out 37.3% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
La-Z-Boy has higher revenue and earnings than Ethan Allen Interiors. Ethan Allen Interiors 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.
77.8% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of La-Z-Boy shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of La-Z-Boy 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.
In the previous week, La-Z-Boy had 3 more articles in the media than Ethan Allen Interiors. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for La-Z-Boy and 4 mentions for Ethan Allen Interiors. La-Z-Boy's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Ethan Allen Interiors' score of 0.00 indicating that La-Z-Boy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ethan Allen Interiors has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, La-Z-Boy has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
La-Z-Boy beats Ethan Allen Interiors on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ETH) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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