Aterian, Inc. (ATER) vs Lifetime Brands, Inc. (LCUT)

Aterian, Inc. and Lifetime Brands, Inc. are both Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances companies. Lifetime Brands, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $213.8M against $158.3M — 1.4× the size. Aterian, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Lifetime Brands, Inc. trades at 6.6×. Aterian, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 35.0% against −1.48%. Lifetime Brands, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.81% vs −24.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.73% vs −112.7%). Across the 18 metrics below, Aterian, Inc. leads on 9 and Lifetime Brands, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ATER LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
P/E n/m 6.57 14.25
P/S 0.08 0.32 0.53
P/B 0.44 0.96 1.09
Price to free cash flow n/m 10.03 10.03
EV/EBITDA n/m 4.40 7.25
EV/Sales 0.41 0.53 0.67
Earnings yield (326.23%) 15.23% 3.77%
Free cash flow yield (46.46%) 9.97% 7.38%

Profitability

Metric ATER LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 56.75% 43.36% 37.53%
Operating margin (26.47%) 8.48% 2.52%
Net margin (24.48%) 4.81% 2.02%
Free cash flow margin (3.77%) 3.16% 3.16%
Return on equity (91.31%) 15.77% 7.37%
Return on assets (48.88%) 5.44% 2.13%
Return on invested capital (112.68%) 9.73% 3.71%

Growth

Metric ATER LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) 35.00% (1.48%) 1.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (42.26%) (74.65%) (0.71%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (17.97%) (3.37%) 0.64%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ATER LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.68 0.17
Current ratio 2.13 2.11 1.95
Net debt to EBITDA 0.36 3.74 0.06

Dividend

Metric ATER LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield — 2.23% 2.94%
Payout ratio — 0.15 0.51

Size

Metric ATER LCUT Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 158.31m 213.80m 210.43m

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