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La-Z-Boy (LZB) Competitors

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$42.76 +0.22 (+0.52%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

LZB vs. LEG, FLXS, HOFT, BSET, TPX, MHK, CODI, SNBR, PRPL, and NTZ

Should you be buying La-Z-Boy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of La-Z-Boy include Leggett & Platt (LEG), Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Mohawk Industries (MHK), Compass Diversified (CODI), Sleep Number (SNBR), Purple Innovation (PRPL), and Natuzzi (NTZ).

La-Z-Boy vs.

La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) and Leggett & Platt (NYSE:LEG) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

In the previous week, La-Z-Boy had 7 more articles in the media than Leggett & Platt. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for La-Z-Boy and 4 mentions for Leggett & Platt. La-Z-Boy's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Leggett & Platt's score of 0.22 indicating that La-Z-Boy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
La-Z-Boy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Leggett & Platt
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

La-Z-Boy has a net margin of 6.00% compared to Leggett & Platt's net margin of -18.53%. Leggett & Platt's return on equity of 14.99% beat La-Z-Boy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
La-Z-Boy6.00% 12.55% 6.59%
Leggett & Platt -18.53%14.99%3.58%

La-Z-Boy has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leggett & Platt has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

99.6% of La-Z-Boy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Leggett & Platt shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of La-Z-Boy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Leggett & Platt shares are owned 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.

La-Z-Boy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Leggett & Platt. Leggett & Platt 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
La-Z-Boy$2.07B0.86$122.63M$2.8914.80
Leggett & Platt$4.44B0.29-$136.80M-$6.01-1.61

Leggett & Platt received 5 more outperform votes than La-Z-Boy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.71% of users gave La-Z-Boy an outperform vote while only 55.86% of users gave Leggett & Platt an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
La-Z-BoyOutperform Votes
324
61.71%
Underperform Votes
201
38.29%
Leggett & PlattOutperform Votes
329
55.86%
Underperform Votes
260
44.14%

La-Z-Boy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Leggett & Platt pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. La-Z-Boy pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leggett & Platt pays out -3.3% 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. Leggett & Platt is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

La-Z-Boy presently has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.56%. Leggett & Platt has a consensus target price of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.72%. Given Leggett & Platt's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Leggett & Platt is more favorable than La-Z-Boy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
La-Z-Boy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Leggett & Platt
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

La-Z-Boy beats Leggett & Platt on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LZB vs. The Competition

MetricLa-Z-BoyHousehold furniture IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.77B$1.40B$8.40B$19.19B
Dividend Yield1.97%2.59%2.79%3.57%
P/E Ratio14.8015.9718.2741.22
Price / Sales0.860.538.6717.59
Price / Cash7.579.9133.4521.28
Price / Book1.744.125.565.32
Net Income$122.63M$41.73M$267.23M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-3.85%-5.16%-2.09%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-1.47%-2.11%-0.16%-3.74%
1 Year Performance16.16%2.57%10.18%12.06%

La-Z-Boy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LZB
La-Z-Boy
3.9056 of 5 stars
$42.76
+0.5%
$43.00
+0.6%
+15.9%$1.77B$2.07B14.8010,200High Trading Volume
LEG
Leggett & Platt
4.4725 of 5 stars
$11.03
-2.0%
$12.67
+14.8%
-63.2%$1.48B$4.44B-1.8719,300
FLXS
Flexsteel Industries
3.897 of 5 stars
$62.17
-3.6%
N/A+227.7%$323.78M$422.16M25.251,500
HOFT
Hooker Furnishings
3.4394 of 5 stars
$17.15
+1.3%
N/A-44.3%$183.68M$389.78M-18.601,203
BSET
Bassett Furniture Industries
2.092 of 5 stars
$14.40
-0.6%
N/A-12.9%$126.72M$390.14M-7.431,389Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Gap Down
TPX
Tempur Sealy International
3.9397 of 5 stars
$57.50
-0.6%
$60.67
+5.5%
+13.4%$9.98B$4.93B26.4212,000Positive News
MHK
Mohawk Industries
4.805 of 5 stars
$127.41
-0.3%
$161.25
+26.6%
+16.6%$8.04B$10.81B14.4743,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CODI
Compass Diversified
3.7382 of 5 stars
$24.03
+1.7%
$29.00
+20.7%
+8.2%$1.82B$2.06B49.214,711Positive News
SNBR
Sleep Number
0.5594 of 5 stars
$18.89
-4.8%
$12.83
-32.1%
+3.2%$422.57M$1.89B-10.964,145
PRPL
Purple Innovation
3.5968 of 5 stars
$0.94
+0.4%
$2.53
+168.5%
-15.7%$101.28M$510.54M-0.941,700Positive News
Gap Down
NTZ
Natuzzi
0.3169 of 5 stars
$4.25
-10.5%
N/A-37.4%$46.84M$355.63M0.003,587Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:LZB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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