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Should you be buying Mohawk Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mohawk Industries include Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Leggett & Platt (LEG), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Interface (TILE), The Dixie Group (DXYN), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), and ON (ONON).
Tempur Sealy International (NYSE:TPX) and Mohawk Industries (NYSE:MHK) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Mohawk Industries received 25 more outperform votes than Tempur Sealy International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.96% of users gave Mohawk Industries an outperform vote while only 64.25% of users gave Tempur Sealy International an outperform vote.
Tempur Sealy International has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mohawk Industries has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tempur Sealy International has a net margin of 7.32% compared to Tempur Sealy International's net margin of -3.77%. Mohawk Industries' return on equity of 168.59% beat Tempur Sealy International's return on equity.
Tempur Sealy International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mohawk Industries. Mohawk Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tempur Sealy International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tempur Sealy International currently has a consensus target price of $62.71, suggesting a potential upside of 28.72%. Mohawk Industries has a consensus target price of $123.20, suggesting a potential upside of 6.57%. Given Mohawk Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tempur Sealy International is more favorable than Mohawk Industries.
99.9% of Tempur Sealy International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of Mohawk Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Tempur Sealy International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Mohawk Industries shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, Mohawk Industries had 7 more articles in the media than Tempur Sealy International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Mohawk Industries and 3 mentions for Tempur Sealy International. Mohawk Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Tempur Sealy International's score of 1.53 indicating that Tempur Sealy International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tempur Sealy International beats Mohawk Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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