Barratt Developments (OTCMKTS:BTDPF) and Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETD) Financial Comparison

Barratt Developments (OTCMKTS:BTDPF) and Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETD) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Barratt Developments and Ethan Allen Interiors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barratt Developments	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ethan Allen Interiors	2	1	0	0	1.33

Ethan Allen Interiors has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.78%. Given Ethan Allen Interiors’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ethan Allen Interiors is more favorable than Barratt Developments.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

46.4% of Barratt Developments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Barratt Developments pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ethan Allen Interiors pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Barratt Developments pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ethan Allen Interiors pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ethan Allen Interiors has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ethan Allen Interiors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Profitability

This table compares Barratt Developments and Ethan Allen Interiors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barratt Developments	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ethan Allen Interiors	6.88%	7.88%	5.17%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Barratt Developments and Ethan Allen Interiors”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barratt Developments	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.30	12.99
Ethan Allen Interiors	$579.49 million	0.98	$39.88 million	$1.56	14.36

Ethan Allen Interiors has higher revenue and earnings than Barratt Developments. Barratt Developments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ethan Allen Interiors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Ethan Allen Interiors beats Barratt Developments on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Barratt Developments

Barratt Redrow plc engages in the housebuilding business in the United Kingdom. The company acquires and develops land; plans, designs, and constructs homes, apartments, penthouses, and communities, as well as undertakes mixed-use regeneration schemes; and develops retail, leisure, office, industrial, and mixed-use properties. It is also involved in the commercial development business under the Wilson Bowden Developments brand name. The company offers its homes under the Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes, and Barratt London brands. The company was formerly known as Barratt Developments plc and changed its name Barratt Redrow plc in October 2024. Barratt Redrow plc was incorporated in 1958 and is headquartered in Coalville, the United Kingdom.

About Ethan Allen Interiors

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. operates as an interior design company, and manufacturer and retailer of home furnishings in the United States, Mexico, Honduras, and Canada. The company operates in two segments, Wholesale and Retail. Its products include case goods items, such as beds, dressers, armoires, tables, chairs, buffets, entertainment units, home office furniture, and wooden accents; upholstery comprising fabric-covered items, such as sleepers, recliners and other motion furniture, chairs, ottomans, custom pillows, sofas, loveseats, cut fabrics, and leather; and home accent items consisting of window treatments and drapery hardware, wall decors, florals, lighting, clocks, mattresses, bedspreads, throws, pillows, decorative accents, area rugs, wall coverings, and home and garden furnishings. The company markets and sells its products under the Ethan Allen brand through home furnishing retail networks and independent retailers, as well as through ethanallen.com website. It operates a network of design centers. Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut.