Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT.A) & Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) Head-To-Head Contrast

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT.A) and Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Dividends

Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Fortune Brands Innovations pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fortune Brands Innovations pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortune Brands Innovations has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Haverty Furniture Companies and Fortune Brands Innovations’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haverty Furniture Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fortune Brands Innovations	9.42%	20.96%	7.50%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.8% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Haverty Furniture Companies and Fortune Brands Innovations, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haverty Furniture Companies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fortune Brands Innovations	0	7	5	0	2.42

Fortune Brands Innovations has a consensus price target of $77.17, suggesting a potential upside of 50.40%. Given Fortune Brands Innovations’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fortune Brands Innovations is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.

Risk and Volatility

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Haverty Furniture Companies and Fortune Brands Innovations”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90 million	0.45	$20.35 million	$1.26	15.96
Fortune Brands Innovations	$4.61 billion	1.34	$471.90 million	$3.41	15.05

Fortune Brands Innovations has higher revenue and earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Fortune Brands Innovations 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.

Summary

Fortune Brands Innovations beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 Sealy, Tempur-Pedic, and Serta names, as well as private label Skye name. The company sells home furnishings through its retail stores, as well as through its Website. As of February 23, 2021, it operated 120 showrooms in 16 states in the Southern and Midwestern regions. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. was founded in 1885 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Fortune Brands Innovations

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. provides home and security products for residential home repair, remodeling, new construction, and security applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Water, Outdoors, and Security. The Water segment manufactures or assembles, and sells faucets, accessories, kitchen sinks, and waste disposals under the Moen, ROHL, Riobel, Victoria+Albert, Perrin & Rowe, Aqualisa, Shaws, Emtek, and Schaub brands. The Outdoors segment manufactures and sells fiberglass and steel entry door systems under the Therma-Tru brand; storm, screen, and security doors under the Larson brand; composite decking, railing, and cladding under the Fiberon brand; and urethane millwork under the Fypon brand. The Security segment manufactures, sources, and distributes locks, safety and security devices, and electronic security products under the Master Lock, American Lock, Yale, and August brands; and fire-resistant safes, security containers, and commercial cabinets under the SentrySafe brand. The company sells its products through various sales channels, including kitchen and bath dealers, wholesalers oriented toward builders or professional remodelers, industrial and locksmith distributors, do-it-yourself remodeling-oriented home centers, showrooms, e-commerce, and other retail outlets. Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.