NTZ vs. FLXS, HOFT, PRPL, NVFY, TPX, CODI, LEG, LZB, SNBR, and SOWG
Should you be buying Natuzzi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natuzzi include Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Purple Innovation (PRPL), Nova LifeStyle (NVFY), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Compass Diversified (CODI), Leggett & Platt (LEG), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Sleep Number (SNBR), and Sow Good (SOWG).
Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) and Natuzzi (NYSE:NTZ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
36.3% of Flexsteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of Natuzzi shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Flexsteel Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Natuzzi shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Flexsteel Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Natuzzi.
In the previous week, Flexsteel Industries and Flexsteel Industries both had 2 articles in the media. Natuzzi's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Flexsteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Flexsteel Industries received 36 more outperform votes than Natuzzi when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.48% of users gave Flexsteel Industries an outperform vote while only 50.97% of users gave Natuzzi an outperform vote.
Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Flexsteel Industries' net margin of -4.89%. Natuzzi's return on equity of 6.54% beat Flexsteel Industries' return on equity.
Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natuzzi has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Natuzzi on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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