ATER vs. CPSH, NTZ, UG, SHOT, NVFY, RAY, FEBO, LOBO, ZAPP, and CTHR
Should you be buying Aterian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aterian include CPS Technologies (CPSH), Natuzzi (NTZ), United-Guardian (UG), Safety Shot (SHOT), Nova Lifestyle (NVFY), Raytech (RAY), Fenbo (FEBO), Lobo EV Technologies (LOBO), Zapp Electric Vehicles Group (ZAPP), and Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (CTHR). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.
Aterian vs. Its Competitors
Aterian (NASDAQ:ATER) and CPS Technologies (NASDAQ:CPSH) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Aterian has a net margin of -11.25% compared to CPS Technologies' net margin of -12.75%. CPS Technologies' return on equity of -18.95% beat Aterian's return on equity.
Aterian presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 170.27%. Given Aterian's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Aterian is more favorable than CPS Technologies.
7.0% of Aterian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.2% of CPS Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 19.5% of Aterian shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of CPS Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CPS Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aterian. CPS Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aterian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Aterian had 1 more articles in the media than CPS Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aterian and 2 mentions for CPS Technologies. Aterian's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat CPS Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Aterian is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aterian has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CPS Technologies has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aterian beats CPS Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ATER) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff