RH (RH) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RH or HVT?

RH received 436 more outperform votes than Haverty Furniture Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.18% of users gave Haverty Furniture Companies an outperform vote while only 61.95% of users gave RH an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RH	Outperform Votes 832 61.95%	Underperform Votes 511 38.05%
Haverty Furniture Companies	Outperform Votes 396 64.18%	Underperform Votes 221 35.82%

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

90.2% of RH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 28.1% of RH shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RH or HVT more profitable?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a net margin of 3.57% compared to RH's net margin of 2.25%. Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity of 8.69% beat RH's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RH	2.25%	-35.72%	2.09%
Haverty Furniture Companies	3.57%	8.69%	4.12%

Do analysts recommend RH or HVT?

RH presently has a consensus target price of $412.56, suggesting a potential upside of 59.59%. Haverty Furniture Companies has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 110.82%. Given Haverty Furniture Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Haverty Furniture Companies is more favorable than RH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RH	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to RH or HVT?

In the previous week, RH had 40 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for RH and 3 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat RH's score of 0.00 indicating that Haverty Furniture Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RH	15 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Haverty Furniture Companies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, RH or HVT?

RH has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RH or HVT?

RH has higher revenue and earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies 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	$3.11B	1.55	$127.56M	$3.48	74.29
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90M	0.48	$56.32M	$1.17	18.24

Summary

RH beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.