NTZ vs. HOFT, FLXS, PRPL, NVFY, TPX, CODI, LZB, LEG, SNBR, and GPRO
Should you be buying Natuzzi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natuzzi include Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Purple Innovation (PRPL), Nova LifeStyle (NVFY), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Compass Diversified (CODI), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Sleep Number (SNBR), and GoPro (GPRO).
Natuzzi (NYSE:NTZ) and Hooker Furnishings (NASDAQ:HOFT) 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 dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Hooker Furnishings had 1 more articles in the media than Natuzzi. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hooker Furnishings and 1 mentions for Natuzzi. Hooker Furnishings' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Natuzzi's score of -0.50 indicating that Hooker Furnishings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hooker Furnishings has higher revenue and earnings than Natuzzi.
Natuzzi has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hooker Furnishings has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hooker Furnishings received 28 more outperform votes than Natuzzi when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.61% of users gave Hooker Furnishings an outperform vote while only 51.25% of users gave Natuzzi an outperform vote.
6.1% of Natuzzi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Hooker Furnishings shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Natuzzi shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Hooker Furnishings shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hooker Furnishings has a net margin of 2.28% compared to Natuzzi's net margin of -4.89%. Hooker Furnishings' return on equity of 4.33% beat Natuzzi's return on equity.
Summary
Hooker Furnishings beats Natuzzi on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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