RH (RH) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RH or WSM?

90.2% of RH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.1% of RH shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Williams-Sonoma shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend RH or WSM?

RH presently has a consensus price target of $431.60, suggesting a potential upside of 26.92%. Williams-Sonoma has a consensus price target of $172.34, suggesting a potential downside of 11.63%. Given RH's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RH is more favorable than Williams-Sonoma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RH	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Williams-Sonoma	2 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	2.09	$127.56M	$3.48	97.72
Williams-Sonoma	$7.75B	3.10	$949.76M	$8.45	23.07

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RH or WSM?

RH received 123 more outperform votes than Williams-Sonoma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.00% of users gave RH an outperform vote while only 49.16% of users gave Williams-Sonoma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RH	Outperform Votes 829 62.00%	Underperform Votes 508 38.00%
Williams-Sonoma	Outperform Votes 706 49.16%	Underperform Votes 730 50.84%

Which has more volatility & risk, RH or WSM?

RH has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor RH or WSM?

In the previous week, RH had 23 more articles in the media than Williams-Sonoma. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for RH and 19 mentions for Williams-Sonoma. Williams-Sonoma's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat RH's score of 0.05 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Williams-Sonoma	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RH or WSM more profitable?

Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 14.54% compared to RH's net margin of 2.25%. Williams-Sonoma's return on equity of 51.56% beat RH's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RH	2.25%	-35.72%	2.09%
Williams-Sonoma	14.54%	51.56%	21.24%

Summary

RH and Williams-Sonoma tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.