Reviewing Rent the Runway (NASDAQ:RENT) & Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT)

Rent the Runway (NASDAQ:RENT) and Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Rent the Runway 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
Rent the Runway	$329.80 million	0.16	$22.60 million	$12.66	0.12
Haverty Furniture Companies	$758.99 million	0.56	$19.73 million	$1.36	20.18

Rent the Runway has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Haverty Furniture Companies. Rent the Runway 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.

Volatility & Risk

Rent the Runway has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Rent the Runway and Haverty Furniture Companies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rent the Runway	1	0	0	0	1.00
Haverty Furniture Companies	0	2	0	0	2.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.1% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares Rent the Runway and Haverty Furniture Companies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rent the Runway	11.80%	N/A	-21.89%
Haverty Furniture Companies	2.93%	7.15%	3.34%

Summary

Haverty Furniture Companies beats Rent the Runway on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rent the Runway

Rent the Runway, Inc. operates shared designer closet in the United States. The company offers evening wear and accessories, ready-to-wear, workwear, denim, casual, maternity, outerwear, blouses, knitwear, loungewear, jewelry, handbags, activewear, and ski wear under subscription, rental, and resale offering. It also engages in the software development and support activities. Rent the Runway, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

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.