Aterian (ATER) Competitors

Aterian (NASDAQ:ATER) and Natuzzi (NYSE:NTZ) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ATER or NTZ?

7.0% of Aterian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of Natuzzi shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Aterian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Natuzzi shares are owned 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.

Is ATER or NTZ more profitable?

Natuzzi has a net margin of -6.63% compared to Aterian's net margin of -17.05%. Natuzzi's return on equity of -31.15% beat Aterian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aterian	-17.05%	-56.01%	-31.84%
Natuzzi	-6.63%	-31.15%	-6.44%

Do analysts prefer ATER or NTZ?

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
Natuzzi	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to ATER or NTZ?

In the previous week, Aterian's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Natuzzi's score of -0.20 indicating that Aterian is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aterian	Neutral
Natuzzi	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, ATER or NTZ?

Aterian has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natuzzi has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATER or NTZ?

Natuzzi received 162 more outperform votes than Aterian when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.38% of users gave Aterian an outperform vote while only 47.30% of users gave Natuzzi an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aterian	Outperform Votes 22 52.38%	Underperform Votes 20 47.62%
Natuzzi	Outperform Votes 184 47.30%	Underperform Votes 205 52.70%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ATER or NTZ?

Natuzzi has higher revenue and earnings than Aterian.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aterian	$142.57M	0.14	-$74.56M	-$2.73	-0.85
Natuzzi	$355.63M	N/A	-$17.39M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Aterian beats Natuzzi on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.