Analyzing Maisons du Monde (OTCMKTS:MDOUF) & Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent 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 price target of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.02%. Given Haverty Furniture Companies’ higher probable 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%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Maisons du Monde and Haverty Furniture Companies”s 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	9.92

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.