Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (HVT.A) vs Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW)

Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. and Lowe's Companies, Inc. are both Home Improvement Retail companies. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $109.8B against $456.9M — 240.4× the size. Lowe's Companies, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.7× against 20.9×. Lowe's Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.15% against −9.75%. Lowe's Companies, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.32% vs 6.98%) and the higher return on invested capital (24.1% vs 0.00%). Across the 21 metrics below, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. leads on 12 and Lowe's Companies, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric HVT.A LOW Home Improvement Retail median
P/E 20.86 16.67 20.86
P/S 0.47 1.22 0.58
P/B 1.38 n/m 1.46
Price to free cash flow 4.74 15.58 15.58
EV/EBITDA 5.16 11.33 8.69
EV/Sales 0.55 1.60 0.55
Earnings yield 4.79% 6.00% 4.75%
Free cash flow yield 21.10% 6.42% 6.42%

Profitability

Metric HVT.A LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Gross margin 59.19% 33.08% 44.86%
Operating margin 0.00% 11.38% 3.34%
Net margin 6.98% 7.32% 4.93%
Free cash flow margin 9.89% 7.83% 5.08%
Return on equity 21.68% (70.33%) 7.62%
Return on assets 0.00% 12.93% 3.52%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 24.08% 7.92%

Growth

Metric HVT.A LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) (9.75%) 8.15% 2.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.87%) (3.11%) (0.87%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.01% (0.75%) 4.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (11.17%) 2.69% 1.36%

Health

Metric HVT.A LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Debt to equity 0.70 (5.05) 0.17
Current ratio 1.79 1.10 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA 0.68 3.12 1.45

Dividend

Metric HVT.A LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Dividend yield — 3.09% —
Payout ratio — 0.52 —

Size

Metric HVT.A LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Market cap 456.85m 109.81b 456.85m

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