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$38.02 -0.43 (-1.11%)
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LZB vs. LEG, FLXS, BSET, HOFT, 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), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.

La-Z-Boy currently has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.09%. Leggett & Platt has a consensus price target of $10.67, suggesting a potential upside of 60.16%. 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

In the previous week, Leggett & Platt had 14 more articles in the media than La-Z-Boy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Leggett & Platt and 7 mentions for La-Z-Boy. La-Z-Boy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Leggett & Platt's score of 0.56 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Leggett & Platt
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Leggett & Platt shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

La-Z-Boy has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leggett & Platt has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 55.57% 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
55.57%
Underperform Votes
263
44.43%

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$2.09B0.75$122.63M$2.9113.07
Leggett & Platt$4.38B0.20-$511.50M-$3.73-1.79

La-Z-Boy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Leggett & Platt pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. La-Z-Boy pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leggett & Platt pays out -5.4% 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 has a net margin of 5.92% compared to Leggett & Platt's net margin of -11.67%. Leggett & Platt's return on equity of 17.09% beat La-Z-Boy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
La-Z-Boy5.92% 12.38% 6.54%
Leggett & Platt -11.67%17.09%3.64%

Summary

La-Z-Boy beats Leggett & Platt on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LZB vs. The Competition

MetricLa-Z-BoyHousehold furniture IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.57B$425.65M$7.05B$18.52B
Dividend Yield2.26%4.86%3.50%4.23%
P/E Ratio13.079.5815.8031.15
Price / Sales0.750.367.4825.69
Price / Cash7.498.0016.4217.53
Price / Book1.521.124.124.29
Net Income$122.63M-$28.38M$259.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.55%-6.20%-0.78%-0.79%
1 Month Performance-0.68%-9.96%-6.82%-6.88%
1 Year Performance15.79%-40.75%-6.10%1.74%

La-Z-Boy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LZB
La-Z-Boy
3.7306 of 5 stars
$38.02
-1.1%
$43.00
+13.1%
+15.2%$1.57B$2.09B13.0712,800Short Interest ↑
Positive News
LEG
Leggett & Platt
4.0787 of 5 stars
$7.23
+0.5%
$12.00
+66.1%
-62.2%$973.45M$4.38B-1.9419,900Short Interest ↓
FLXS
Flexsteel Industries
3.1367 of 5 stars
$33.90
-1.5%
N/A-15.2%$178.62M$430.53M9.471,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BSET
Bassett Furniture Industries
3.1541 of 5 stars
$15.39
+1.1%
N/A+26.6%$135.25M$325.53M-13.991,560Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HOFT
Hooker Furnishings
2.9916 of 5 stars
$9.10
-0.7%
N/A-57.4%$97.46M$389.78M-10.001,290Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
TPX
Tempur Sealy International
3.5946 of 5 stars
N/A$72.43
+∞
N/A$11.94B$4.93B27.7312,000News Coverage
MHK
Mohawk Industries
4.9343 of 5 stars
$102.06
-3.4%
$145.07
+42.1%
-7.8%$6.39B$10.84B12.5543,300Analyst Forecast
CODI
Compass Diversified
3.5926 of 5 stars
$16.41
-3.1%
$34.00
+107.2%
-26.1%$1.23B$2.20B34.182,520Positive News
High Trading Volume
SNBR
Sleep Number
2.2255 of 5 stars
$5.21
-0.4%
$12.00
+130.3%
-61.8%$116.65M$1.68B-2.885,120Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PRPL
Purple Innovation
2.9209 of 5 stars
$0.67
+0.4%
$1.25
+86.6%
-60.7%$72.17M$487.88M-0.671,800Positive News
NTZ
Natuzzi
0.3344 of 5 stars
$4.22
+9.3%
N/A-31.5%$46.48M$328.02M0.004,260Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
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