Aterian, Inc. (ATER) vs Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (FLXS)

Aterian, Inc. and Flexsteel Industries, Inc. are both Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances companies. Flexsteel Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $306.5M against $196.7M — 1.6× the size. Aterian, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Flexsteel Industries, Inc. trades at 11.0×. Flexsteel Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.40% against −60.1%. Flexsteel Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.75% vs −49.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.8% vs −112.7%). Across the 19 metrics below, Flexsteel Industries, Inc. leads on 16 and Aterian, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
P/E n/m 10.98 15.33
P/S 0.21 0.64 0.60
P/B 0.57 2.25 1.17
Price to free cash flow n/m 7.02 10.93
EV/EBITDA n/m 7.00 7.69
EV/Sales 0.88 0.67 0.71
Earnings yield (251.90%) 9.10% 2.85%
Free cash flow yield (35.87%) 14.25% 7.42%

Profitability

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 114.31% 24.33% 37.63%
Operating margin (53.31%) 8.74% 2.73%
Net margin (49.30%) 6.75% 2.29%
Free cash flow margin (7.60%) 9.17% 3.10%
Return on equity (91.31%) 20.53% 7.66%
Return on assets (48.88%) 11.92% 2.30%
Return on invested capital (112.68%) 19.81% 3.51%

Growth

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) (60.10%) 3.40% 0.20%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (42.26%) 70.99% (6.04%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (17.97%) (0.84%) 0.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 7.53% 0.00%

Health

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.15
Current ratio 2.13 2.18 2.00
Net debt to EBITDA 0.36 (0.36) 0.21

Dividend

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield — 1.25% 2.76%
Payout ratio — 0.15 0.51

Size

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 196.72m 306.49m 216.13m

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