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La-Z-Boy (LZB) Competitors

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$42.77 +0.46 (+1.09%)
(As of 11/20/2024 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.

Leggett & Platt (NYSE:LEG) and La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) 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 risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

In the previous week, La-Z-Boy had 6 more articles in the media than Leggett & Platt. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for La-Z-Boy and 10 mentions for Leggett & Platt. La-Z-Boy's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Leggett & Platt's score of 0.53 indicating that La-Z-Boy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

La-Z-Boy has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Leggett & Platt$4.73B0.32-$136.80M-$6.01-1.88
La-Z-Boy$2.05B0.87$122.63M$2.8914.80

Leggett & Platt has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, La-Z-Boy has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Leggett & Platt pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. La-Z-Boy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Leggett & Platt pays out -3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. La-Z-Boy pays out 27.7% 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.

64.2% of Leggett & Platt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of La-Z-Boy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Leggett & Platt shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of La-Z-Boy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Leggett & Platt presently has a consensus price target of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.34%. La-Z-Boy has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.54%. Given Leggett & Platt's higher probable 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
Leggett & Platt
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
La-Z-Boy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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
Leggett & Platt-18.53% 14.99% 3.58%
La-Z-Boy 6.00%12.60%6.60%

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

Summary

La-Z-Boy beats Leggett & Platt on 13 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$1.39B$8.31B$19.87B
Dividend Yield1.89%2.56%2.77%3.50%
P/E Ratio14.8022.3214.1635.66
Price / Sales0.870.537.7917.95
Price / Cash7.119.1815.4317.98
Price / Book1.803.324.494.59
Net Income$122.63M$41.73M$265.65M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-0.67%-3.54%-1.56%0.45%
1 Month Performance7.57%-1.77%-2.08%1.05%
1 Year Performance35.69%15.43%15.34%24.67%

La-Z-Boy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LZB
La-Z-Boy
3.6345 of 5 stars
$42.77
+1.1%
$43.00
+0.5%
+34.1%$1.77B$2.05B14.8010,200Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LEG
Leggett & Platt
3.931 of 5 stars
$11.28
-1.5%
$12.67
+12.3%
-52.0%$1.54B$4.73B0.0019,300
FLXS
Flexsteel Industries
3.8785 of 5 stars
$58.85
+1.5%
N/A+211.2%$301.86M$412.75M23.261,500Positive News
HOFT
Hooker Furnishings
2.9254 of 5 stars
$17.57
-0.3%
N/A-5.4%$188.78M$433.23M135.161,203Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
BSET
Bassett Furniture Industries
2.8537 of 5 stars
$14.51
+0.8%
N/A-10.4%$127.69M$390.14M-7.471,389Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TPX
Tempur Sealy International
4.2979 of 5 stars
$53.49
-0.2%
$60.67
+13.4%
+33.1%$9.30B$4.93B24.4212,000
MHK
Mohawk Industries
4.7495 of 5 stars
$135.73
+0.1%
$162.08
+19.4%
+59.2%$8.56B$11.14B15.3743,300Analyst Revision
CODI
Compass Diversified
4.0676 of 5 stars
$22.97
flat
$26.50
+15.4%
+12.7%$1.74B$2.06B47.844,711Positive News
SNBR
Sleep Number
0.8785 of 5 stars
$11.67
-0.8%
$12.83
+10.0%
-0.3%$261.06M$1.89B-6.504,145Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
PRPL
Purple Innovation
2.7378 of 5 stars
$0.83
-2.4%
$2.53
+204.7%
+0.5%$91.53M$510.54M0.001,700
NTZ
Natuzzi
0.3756 of 5 stars
$4.33
flat
N/AN/A$47.64M$355.63M0.003,587Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:LZB) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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