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ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS IS AMONG THE COMPANIES IN THE HOME FURNISHINGS INDUSTRY WITH A RELATIVELY HIGH EBITDA GROWTH (ETH, LZB, HOFT, KID, ZZ)

Dec 31, 2010 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the five companies in the Home Furnishings industry with the highest EBITDA Growth (next year estimate vs. LTM). EBITDA Growth can be valuable in predicting future cash flow generation and earnings power.

Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETH) has the highest with EBITDA Growth of 94.4%; La-Z-Boy (NYSE:LZB) is next with EBITDA Growth of 34.9%; and Hooker Furniture (NASDAQ:HOFT) has the next highest with EBITDA Growth of 24.1%.

Kid Brands (NYSE:KID) follows with EBITDA Growth of 19.8% and Sealy (NYSE:ZZ) rounds out the group with EBITDA Growth of 19.5%.

SmarTrend currently has shares of Hooker Furniture in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on September 2