Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) vs. Stitch Fix (NASDAQ:SFIX) Head-To-Head Comparison

Stitch Fix (NASDAQ:SFIX) and Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Stitch Fix and Haverty Furniture Companies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stitch Fix	1	6	1	0	2.00
Haverty Furniture Companies	0	2	0	0	2.00

Stitch Fix currently has a consensus price target of $3.40, suggesting a potential upside of 26.87%. Given Stitch Fix’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Stitch Fix is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Stitch Fix and Haverty Furniture Companies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stitch Fix	$1.35 billion	0.27	-$12.61 million	($0.10)	-26.80
Haverty Furniture Companies	$780.39 million	0.57	$19.73 million	$1.36	20.81

Haverty Furniture Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stitch Fix. Stitch Fix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haverty Furniture Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Stitch Fix and Haverty Furniture Companies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stitch Fix	-0.94%	-5.75%	-2.30%
Haverty Furniture Companies	2.93%	7.15%	3.34%

Volatility and Risk

Stitch Fix has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

71.0% of Stitch Fix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Stitch Fix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Haverty Furniture Companies beats Stitch Fix on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Stitch Fix

Stitch Fix, Inc. sells a range of apparel, shoes, and accessories for men, women, and kids through its website and mobile application in the United States and the United Kingdom. It offers denim, dresses, blouses, skirts, shoes, jewelry, and handbags under the Stitch Fix brand. The company was formerly known as rack habit inc. and changed its name to Stitch Fix, Inc. in October 2011. Stitch Fix, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Haverty Furniture Companies

Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of residential furniture and accessories in the United States. The company offers furniture merchandise under the Havertys brand name. It also provides custom upholstery products and eclectic looks; and mattress product lines under the Tempur-Pedic, Serta, Sealy, and Stearns and Foster names. The company sells home furnishings through its retail stores, as well as through its website. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.