RH (RH) Competitors

RH (NYSE:RH) and Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RH or WSM?

RH received 115 more outperform votes than Williams-Sonoma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.99% of users gave RH an outperform vote while only 49.37% of users gave Williams-Sonoma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RH	Outperform Votes 817 61.99%	Underperform Votes 501 38.01%
Williams-Sonoma	Outperform Votes 702 49.37%	Underperform Votes 720 50.63%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RH or WSM?

Williams-Sonoma has higher revenue and earnings than RH. Williams-Sonoma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RH, 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
RH	$3.03B	1.92	$127.56M	$1.70	185.71
Williams-Sonoma	$7.75B	2.13	$949.76M	$8.32	15.69

Is RH or WSM more profitable?

Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 14.29% compared to RH's net margin of 1.13%. Williams-Sonoma's return on equity of 51.57% beat RH's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RH	1.13%	-11.29%	0.77%
Williams-Sonoma	14.29%	51.57%	21.10%

Does the media prefer RH or WSM?

In the previous week, Williams-Sonoma had 7 more articles in the media than RH. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Williams-Sonoma and 18 mentions for RH. Williams-Sonoma's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat RH's score of 0.13 indicating that Williams-Sonoma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RH	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Williams-Sonoma	17 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RH or WSM?

90.2% of RH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by institutional investors. 28.1% of RH shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, RH or WSM?

RH has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer RH or WSM?

RH presently has a consensus target price of $326.14, suggesting a potential upside of 3.31%. Williams-Sonoma has a consensus target price of $139.47, suggesting a potential upside of 6.75%. Given Williams-Sonoma's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Williams-Sonoma is more favorable than RH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RH	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Williams-Sonoma	3 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06

Summary

Williams-Sonoma beats RH on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.