Aterian, Inc. (ATER) vs Virco Manufacturing Corporation (VIRC)

Aterian, Inc. and Virco Manufacturing Corporation are both Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances companies. Aterian, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $196.7M against $97.7M — 2.0× the size. Virco Manufacturing Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −19.0% against −60.1%. Virco Manufacturing Corporation has the higher net margin (−1.31% vs −49.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (−2.82% vs −112.7%). Across the 18 metrics below, Virco Manufacturing Corporation leads on 13 and Aterian, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ATER VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
P/E n/m n/m 15.33
P/S 0.21 0.52 0.60
P/B 0.57 0.90 1.17
Price to free cash flow n/m 11.20 10.93
EV/EBITDA n/m 144.29 7.69
EV/Sales 0.88 0.49 0.71
Earnings yield (251.90%) (2.54%) 2.85%
Free cash flow yield (35.87%) 8.93% 7.42%

Profitability

Metric ATER VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 114.31% 37.53% 37.63%
Operating margin (53.31%) (2.46%) 2.73%
Net margin (49.30%) (1.31%) 2.29%
Free cash flow margin (7.60%) 4.60% 3.10%
Return on equity (91.31%) (2.23%) 7.66%
Return on assets (48.88%) (1.29%) 2.30%
Return on invested capital (112.68%) (2.82%) 3.51%

Growth

Metric ATER VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) (60.10%) (18.97%) 0.20%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (42.26%) (87.88%) (6.04%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (17.97%) 5.50% 0.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ATER VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.03 0.15
Current ratio 2.13 2.53 2.00
Net debt to EBITDA 0.36 (1.10) 0.21

Dividend

Metric ATER VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield — 1.59% 2.76%
Payout ratio — — 0.51

Size

Metric ATER VIRC Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 196.72m 97.74m 216.13m

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