Aterian, Inc. (ATER) vs FGI Industries Ltd. (FGI)

Aterian, Inc. and FGI Industries Ltd. are both Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances companies. FGI Industries Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $14.5M against $12.0M — 1.2× the size. Aterian, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 35.0% against −5.30%. FGI Industries Ltd. has the higher net margin (−3.07% vs −24.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.47% vs −112.7%). Across the 18 metrics below, FGI Industries Ltd. leads on 12 and Aterian, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ATER FGI Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
P/E n/m n/m 14.03
P/S 0.09 0.11 0.52
P/B 0.49 0.98 1.06
Price to free cash flow n/m 8.53 9.86
EV/EBITDA n/m 3.15 7.67
EV/Sales 0.42 0.08 0.67
Earnings yield (297.01%) (26.89%) 3.50%
Free cash flow yield (42.30%) 11.73% 7.55%

Profitability

Metric ATER FGI Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 56.75% 28.33% 37.53%
Operating margin (26.47%) 0.33% 2.03%
Net margin (24.48%) (3.07%) 1.65%
Free cash flow margin (3.77%) 1.35% 3.92%
Return on equity (91.31%) (22.37%) 5.51%
Return on assets (48.88%) (5.67%) 1.69%
Return on invested capital (112.68%) 2.47% 3.55%

Growth

Metric ATER FGI Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) 35.00% (5.30%) 1.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (42.26%) (392.31%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (17.97%) (0.65%) 0.64%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ATER FGI Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.17
Current ratio 2.13 1.18 1.97
Net debt to EBITDA 0.36 (3.77) 0.06

Dividend

Metric ATER FGI Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield — — 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.09

Size

Metric ATER FGI Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 12.04m 14.49m 212.02m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack