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 $354.0M against $158.3M — 2.2× the size. Aterian, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Flexsteel Industries, Inc. trades at 12.8×. Aterian, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 35.0% against 4.10%. Flexsteel Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.21% vs −24.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.8% vs −112.7%). Across the 19 metrics below, Flexsteel Industries, Inc. leads on 13 and Aterian, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
P/E n/m 12.83 14.25
P/S 0.08 0.95 0.53
P/B 0.44 3.27 1.09
Price to free cash flow n/m 9.17 10.03
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.45 7.25
EV/Sales 0.41 0.95 0.67
Earnings yield (326.23%) 7.80% 3.77%
Free cash flow yield (46.46%) 10.90% 7.38%

Profitability

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 56.75% 24.70% 37.53%
Operating margin (26.47%) 9.27% 2.52%
Net margin (24.48%) 7.21% 2.02%
Free cash flow margin (3.77%) 10.37% 3.16%
Return on equity (91.31%) 21.99% 7.37%
Return on assets (48.88%) 12.35% 2.13%
Return on invested capital (112.68%) 22.77% 3.71%

Growth

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) 35.00% 4.10% 1.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (42.26%) 70.99% (0.71%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (17.97%) (0.84%) 0.64%
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 0.17
Current ratio 2.13 2.09 1.95
Net debt to EBITDA 0.36 (0.36) 0.06

Dividend

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield — 1.06% 2.94%
Payout ratio — 0.14 0.51

Size

Metric ATER FLXS Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 158.31m 354.02m 210.43m

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