Head-To-Head Review: HomesToLife (HTLM) versus Its Competitors

HomesToLife (NASDAQ:HTLM) is one of 17 publicly-traded companies in the “FURNITURE” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare HomesToLife to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

62.4% of shares of all “FURNITURE” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of shares of all “FURNITURE” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for HomesToLife and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HomesToLife	1	0	0	0	1.00
HomesToLife Competitors	84	551	322	59	2.35

As a group, “FURNITURE” companies have a potential upside of 44.74%. Given HomesToLife’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HomesToLife has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares HomesToLife and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
HomesToLife	$4.17 million	-$1.67 million	309.00
HomesToLife Competitors	$1.41 billion	-$10.34 million	24.07

HomesToLife’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than HomesToLife. HomesToLife is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares HomesToLife and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HomesToLife	N/A	N/A	N/A
HomesToLife Competitors	-3.02%	-77.74%	-2.19%

Summary

HomesToLife competitors beat HomesToLife on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About HomesToLife

HomesToLife Ltd. engages in the retail of home furniture and sale of customized furniture solutions. Its products include leather and fabric upholstered furniture, case goods, and accessories. The company was founded by Yong Pin Phua and Yong Tat Phua in September 1989 and is headquartered in Singapore.