Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (HVT) vs Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE)

Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. and Live Ventures Incorporated are both Home Improvement Retail companies. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $441.2M against $24.0M — 18.4× the size. Live Ventures Incorporated has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. trades at 20.2×. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.96% against −2.15%. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.93% vs −0.59%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.88% vs 2.77%). Across the 21 metrics below, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. leads on 12 and Live Ventures Incorporated on 9.

Valuation

Metric HVT LIVE Home Improvement Retail median
P/E 20.22 n/m 20.86
P/S 0.58 0.05 0.58
P/B 1.54 0.25 1.46
Price to free cash flow 11.38 1.73 15.58
EV/EBITDA 7.69 4.57 8.69
EV/Sales 0.50 0.39 0.55
Earnings yield 4.95% (10.93%) 4.75%
Free cash flow yield 8.78% 57.94% 6.42%

Profitability

Metric HVT LIVE Home Improvement Retail median
Gross margin 60.90% 33.14% 44.86%
Operating margin 3.34% 2.42% 3.34%
Net margin 2.93% (0.59%) 4.93%
Free cash flow margin 5.08% 3.21% 5.08%
Return on equity 7.62% (2.76%) 7.62%
Return on assets 3.52% (0.67%) 3.52%
Return on invested capital 8.88% 2.77% 7.92%

Growth

Metric HVT LIVE Home Improvement Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.96% (2.15%) 2.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.87%) 158.14% (0.87%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.29% 18.34% 4.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (19.71%) 15.79% 1.36%

Health

Metric HVT LIVE Home Improvement Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.70 0.17
Current ratio 1.69 1.35 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA (2.93) 4.06 1.45

Dividend

Metric HVT LIVE Home Improvement Retail median
Dividend yield 4.70% — —
Payout ratio 0.97 — —

Size

Metric HVT LIVE Home Improvement Retail median
Market cap 441.22m 23.96m 456.85m

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