CAVCO INDUSTRIES, INC. vs HNI Corporation, two Furnishings stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CVCO and HNI diverge most: on operating margin, CVCO reads 8.7% and HNI reads -2.7%; on debt / equity, CVCO reads 0.00 and HNI reads 0.83. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CVCO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CVCO | HNI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $548.44 | $45.06 |
| Market cap | $4.3B | $3.2B |
| Sector | Furnishings | Furnishings |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 23.9 | — |
| P/B | 3.84 | 1.82 |
| P/S | 1.86 | 0.90 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.4 | 20.8 |
| Revenue growth | +9.7% | +42.9% |
| Gross margin | 22.1% | 37.1% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | -2.7% |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 0.0% |
| Return on equity | 16.3% | 0.1% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 0.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.1% | 1.6% |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | 0.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.83 |
| Current ratio | 2.23 | 1.39 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.21 | 1.46 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 2 / 9 |
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