NTZ vs. FLXS, HOFT, WFCF, BODI, PLBY, CLOE, KUKE, BEDU, UONEK, and NHTC
Should you be buying Natuzzi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natuzzi include Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Where Food Comes From (WFCF), Beachbody (BODI), PLBY Group (PLBY), Clover Leaf Capital (CLOE), Kuke Music (KUKE), Bright Scholar Education (BEDU), Urban One (UONEK), and Natural Health Trends (NHTC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) and Natuzzi (NYSE:NTZ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Flexsteel Industries received 35 more outperform votes than Natuzzi when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.01% of users gave Flexsteel Industries an outperform vote while only 51.69% of users gave Natuzzi an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Flexsteel Industries had 15 more articles in the media than Natuzzi. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Flexsteel Industries and 3 mentions for Natuzzi. Natuzzi's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 0.22 indicating that Flexsteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
36.3% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of Natuzzi shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Natuzzi shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Flexsteel Industries' net margin of -4.90%. Natuzzi's return on equity of 6.54% beat Flexsteel Industries' return on equity.
Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natuzzi has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Flexsteel Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Natuzzi.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Natuzzi on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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