Head-To-Head Contrast: Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) versus Maisons du Monde (OTCMKTS:MDOUF)

Maisons du Monde (OTCMKTS:MDOUF) and Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Maisons du Monde and Haverty Furniture Companies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maisons du Monde	0	0	0	0	N/A
Haverty Furniture Companies	0	0	1	0	3.00

Haverty Furniture Companies has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 63.34%. Given Haverty Furniture Companies’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Haverty Furniture Companies is more favorable than Maisons du Monde.

Profitability

This table compares Maisons du Monde and Haverty Furniture Companies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maisons du Monde	N/A	N/A	N/A
Haverty Furniture Companies	4.91%	12.58%	5.96%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Maisons du Monde 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
Maisons du Monde	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Haverty Furniture Companies	$793.72 million	0.56	$56.32 million	$2.75	10.02

Haverty Furniture Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Maisons du Monde.

Summary

Haverty Furniture Companies beats Maisons du Monde on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Maisons du Monde

Maisons du Monde S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides home and living room related products in France and internationally. The company's decorative products include bed linen products, carpets, candles, pillows and cushions, clocks, tableware, lamps, kitchen utensils, mirrors and frames, vases, storage units, curtains and net curtains, and bath products. It also provides furniture, such as sofas, chairs, beds, mattresses and bedframes, floor lamps, tables, and junior furniture; and tables and storage units comprising bookshelves, wardrobes, and cupboards, as well as outdoor furniture. In addition, the company offers warehouse logistics and order preparation services, as well as container transport services between harbor and warehouses. It provides its products under the Maisons du Monde brand. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Vertou, France.

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.