HNI Corporation vs Champion Homes, Inc., two Furnishings stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HNI and SKY diverge most: on operating margin, HNI reads -2.7% and SKY reads 5.8%; on return on assets, HNI reads 0.0% and SKY reads 9.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What SKY's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HNI | SKY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $41.75 | $82.66 |
| Market cap | $3.0B | $4.7B |
| Sector | Furnishings | Furnishings |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | — | 22.6 |
| P/B | 1.69 | 2.96 |
| P/S | 0.83 | 1.75 |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.7 | 13.5 |
| Revenue growth | +42.9% | +7.3% |
| Gross margin | 37.1% | 24.9% |
| Operating margin | -2.7% | 5.8% |
| Net margin | 0.0% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 0.1% | 13.2% |
| Return on assets | 0.0% | 9.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.6% | 12.5% |
| FCF yield | 0.2% | 5.8% |
| Dividend yield | 3.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.83 | 0.02 |
| Current ratio | 1.39 | 2.48 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.42 | 8.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 2 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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