La-Z-Boy vs Mohawk Industries
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I put La-Z-Boy and Mohawk Industries side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Mohawk Industries is the larger business, with $10.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.1B for La-Z-Boy, about 5.1 times as much.
- La-Z-Boy grew revenue faster (0.8%, against −0.5%).
- La-Z-Boy kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (6.1% operating margin, against 4.5%).
- La-Z-Boy earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (13.1%, against 4.1%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Mohawk Industries’s earnings: a P/E of 16.3x against 15.0x for La-Z-Boy.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 11 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
La-Z-Boy
LZB
10/11
Revenue growth5-year growthGross marginOperating marginNet marginFCF marginReturn on capitalReturn on equityNet debt / EBITDAShare count change
Mohawk Industries
MHK
0/11
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | LZB FY26 | MHK FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.2B | $7.5B |
| Revenue | $2.1B | $10.8B |
| Free cash flow | $128M | $616M |
| Net income | $102M | $370M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 0.8% | −0.5% |
| 5-year growth | 4.2% | 2.5% |
| Share count change | −2.4% | −1.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 44.0% | 23.9% |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 4.5% |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 3.4% |
| FCF margin | 6.0% | 5.7% |
| Return on capital | 13.1% | 4.1% |
| Return on equity | 9.9% | 4.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$301M | $1.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.7x | 1.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $85.2M | $150M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 15.0x | 16.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
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Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.