Hooker Furnishings Corp. (HOFT) vs XMax Inc. (XMAX)

Hooker Furnishings Corp. and XMax Inc. are both Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances companies. XMax Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $324.4M against $156.2M — 2.1× the size. Hooker Furnishings Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; XMax Inc. trades at 11.6×. XMax Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 63.5% against 0.48%. XMax Inc. has the higher net margin (185.9% vs −6.62%) and the higher return on invested capital (−2.67% vs −5.25%). Across the 18 metrics below, Hooker Furnishings Corp. leads on 9 and XMax Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric HOFT XMAX Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
P/E n/m 11.60 15.05
P/S 0.57 19.16 0.57
P/B 0.92 2.89 1.15
Price to free cash flow 8.27 n/m 10.12
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 7.61
EV/Sales 0.55 17.33 0.68
Earnings yield (11.53%) 8.62% 3.17%
Free cash flow yield 12.10% (3.87%) 7.12%

Profitability

Metric HOFT XMAX Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 29.22% 22.86% 37.63%
Operating margin (4.66%) (20.51%) 2.99%
Net margin (6.62%) 185.87% 2.29%
Free cash flow margin 6.94% (28.07%) 4.26%
Return on equity (9.90%) 52.87% 7.66%
Return on assets (7.13%) 44.95% 2.30%
Return on invested capital (5.25%) (2.67%) 3.70%

Growth

Metric HOFT XMAX Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.48% 63.54% 1.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (113.45%) 88.51% (6.04%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (12.43%) 8.06% 0.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HOFT XMAX Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.05 0.06
Current ratio 3.03 28.80 2.00
Net debt to EBITDA (0.22) 1.82 0.21

Dividend

Metric HOFT XMAX Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield 3.16% — 2.87%
Payout ratio — — 0.51

Size

Metric HOFT XMAX Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 156.21m 324.38m 228.02m

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