Reviewing HomesToLife (HTLM) & Its Rivals

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for HomesToLife and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HomesToLife	1	0	0	0	1.00
HomesToLife Competitors	77	548	320	59	2.36

As a group, “FURNITURE” companies have a potential upside of 41.35%. Given HomesToLife’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HomesToLife has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
HomesToLife	$4.17 million	-$1.67 million	336.00
HomesToLife Competitors	$1.42 billion	-$10.34 million	26.20

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

62.4% of shares of all “FURNITURE” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of shares of all “FURNITURE” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares HomesToLife and its peers’ 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	-2.80%	-29.00%	-2.03%

Summary

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

HomesToLife Company Profile

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.