Champion Homes (NYSE:SKY – Get Free Report) and Crown Crafts (NASDAQ:CRWS – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Volatility & Risk
Champion Homes has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Crafts has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Champion Homes and Crown Crafts’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Champion Homes | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Crown Crafts | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Champion Homes and Crown Crafts”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Champion Homes | $2.67 billion | 1.63 | $186.18 million | $3.43 | 23.34 |
| Crown Crafts | $83.55 million | 0.31 | $5.06 million | $0.47 | 5.19 |
Champion Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Crafts. Crown Crafts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Champion Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Champion Homes and Crown Crafts, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Champion Homes | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2.78 |
| Crown Crafts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Champion Homes presently has a consensus target price of $102.75, suggesting a potential upside of 28.32%. Given Champion Homes’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Champion Homes is more favorable than Crown Crafts.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
30.2% of Crown Crafts shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Champion Homes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Crown Crafts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Champion Homes beats Crown Crafts on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Champion Homes
Skyline Champion Corporation produces and sells factory-built housing in North America. The company offers manufactured and modular homes, park models RVs, accessory dwelling units, and modular buildings for the multi-family and hospitality sectors. It builds homes under the Skyline Homes, Champion Home Builders, Genesis Homes, Athens Park Models, Dutch Housing, Atlantic Homes, Excel Homes, Homes of Merit, New Era, Redman Homes, ScotBilt Homes, Shore Park, Silvercrest, and Titan Homes brands in the United States; and Moduline and SRI Homes brand names in western Canada. The company also provides construction services to install and set-up factory-built homes; operates a factory-direct manufactured home retail business under the Titan Factory Direct and Champion Homes Center brand names with 31 sales centers in the United States; and engages in the transportation of manufactured homes and recreational vehicles. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.
About Crown Crafts
Crown Crafts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the consumer products industry in the United States and internationally. It provides infant, toddler, and juvenile products, including infant and toddler beddings; blankets and swaddle blankets; dolls and plush toys; nursery and toddler accessories; room décors; reusable and disposable bibs; burp cloths; hooded bath towels and washcloths; reusable and disposable placemats, and floor mats; disposable toilet seat covers and changing mats; developmental toys; feeding and care goods; and other infant, toddler, and juvenile soft goods. The company sells its products primarily to mass merchants, large chain stores, mid-tier retailers, juvenile specialty stores, value channel stores, grocery and drug stores, restaurants, internet accounts, wholesale clubs and internet-based retailers through a network of sales force and independent commissioned sales representatives. Crown Crafts, Inc. was incorporated in 1957 and is headquartered in Gonzales, Louisiana.
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