Aterian (ATER) Competitors

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

Is NTZ or ATER 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
Natuzzi	-6.63%	-31.15%	-6.44%
Aterian	-17.05%	-56.01%	-31.84%

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

6.1% of Natuzzi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of Aterian shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Natuzzi shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Aterian shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NTZ or ATER?

Natuzzi has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aterian has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTZ or ATER?

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 46.94% of users gave Natuzzi an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Natuzzi	Outperform Votes 184 46.94%	Underperform Votes 208 53.06%
Aterian	Outperform Votes 22 52.38%	Underperform Votes 20 47.62%

Do analysts rate NTZ or ATER?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Natuzzi	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Aterian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NTZ or ATER?

Natuzzi has higher revenue and earnings than Aterian.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Natuzzi	$355.63M	0.16	-$17.39M	N/A	N/A
Aterian	$142.57M	0.13	-$74.56M	-$2.73	-0.75

Does the media prefer NTZ or ATER?

In the previous week, Aterian had 1 more articles in the media than Natuzzi. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aterian and 1 mentions for Natuzzi. Natuzzi's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Aterian's score of 0.54 indicating that Natuzzi is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Natuzzi	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aterian	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Natuzzi beats Aterian on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.