Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT) Competitors

Kirkland's (NASDAQ:KIRK) and Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) 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 dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KIRK or HVT?

15.4% of Kirkland's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Kirkland's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor KIRK or HVT?

In the previous week, Kirkland's had 12 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kirkland's and 3 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Kirkland's' score of 0.18 indicating that Haverty Furniture Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kirkland's	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Haverty Furniture Companies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KIRK or HVT more profitable?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a net margin of 3.57% compared to Kirkland's' net margin of -4.56%. Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity of 8.69% beat Kirkland's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kirkland's	-4.56%	N/A	-6.56%
Haverty Furniture Companies	3.57%	8.69%	4.12%

Do analysts prefer KIRK or HVT?

Kirkland's presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 228.47%. Haverty Furniture Companies has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 110.82%. Given Kirkland's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Kirkland's is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kirkland's	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, KIRK or HVT?

Kirkland's has a beta of 2.59, indicating that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KIRK or HVT?

Kirkland's received 37 more outperform votes than Haverty Furniture Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.17% of users gave Kirkland's an outperform vote while only 64.18% of users gave Haverty Furniture Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kirkland's	Outperform Votes 433 72.17%	Underperform Votes 167 27.83%
Haverty Furniture Companies	Outperform Votes 396 64.18%	Underperform Votes 221 35.82%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KIRK or HVT?

Haverty Furniture Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Kirkland's. Kirkland's 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
Kirkland's	$458.41M	0.04	-$27.75M	-$1.60	-0.86
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90M	0.48	$56.32M	$1.17	18.24

Summary

Haverty Furniture Companies beats Kirkland's on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.