Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB) Competitors

Aterian (NASDAQ:ATER) and Hamilton Beach Brands (NYSE:HBB) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ATER or HBB?

Hamilton Beach Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Aterian. Aterian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hamilton Beach Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aterian	$142.57M	0.16	-$74.56M	-$8.32	-0.32
Hamilton Beach Brands	$625.62M	0.43	$25.24M	$2.07	9.25

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ATER or HBB?

7.0% of Aterian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of Hamilton Beach Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Aterian shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Hamilton Beach Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend ATER or HBB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aterian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hamilton Beach Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer ATER or HBB?

In the previous week, Hamilton Beach Brands had 2 more articles in the media than Aterian. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hamilton Beach Brands and 2 mentions for Aterian. Aterian's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Hamilton Beach Brands' score of 0.96 indicating that Hamilton Beach Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aterian	Positive
Hamilton Beach Brands	Positive

Is ATER or HBB more profitable?

Hamilton Beach Brands has a net margin of 4.61% compared to Hamilton Beach Brands' net margin of -42.16%. Aterian's return on equity of 21.42% beat Hamilton Beach Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aterian	-42.16%	-90.92%	-49.72%
Hamilton Beach Brands	4.61%	21.42%	7.82%

Which has more risk & volatility, ATER or HBB?

Aterian has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Beach Brands has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATER or HBB?

Hamilton Beach Brands received 143 more outperform votes than Aterian when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.88% of users gave Hamilton Beach Brands an outperform vote while only 52.38% of users gave Aterian an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aterian	Outperform Votes 22 52.38%	Underperform Votes 20 47.62%
Hamilton Beach Brands	Outperform Votes 165 52.88%	Underperform Votes 147 47.12%

Summary

Hamilton Beach Brands beats Aterian on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.