NTZ vs. HOFT, FLXS, CLOE, WFCF, BODI, BEDU, NFTG, KUKE, BZFD, and CURI
Should you be buying Natuzzi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natuzzi include Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Clover Leaf Capital (CLOE), Where Food Comes From (WFCF), Beachbody (BODI), Bright Scholar Education (BEDU), NFT Gaming (NFTG), Kuke Music (KUKE), BuzzFeed (BZFD), and CuriosityStream (CURI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Natuzzi (NYSE:NTZ) and Hooker Furnishings (NASDAQ:HOFT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Natuzzi had 3 more articles in the media than Hooker Furnishings. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Natuzzi and 2 mentions for Hooker Furnishings. Natuzzi's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Hooker Furnishings' score of -0.87 indicating that Natuzzi is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hooker Furnishings received 28 more outperform votes than Natuzzi when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.61% of users gave Hooker Furnishings an outperform vote while only 51.83% of users gave Natuzzi an outperform vote.
Hooker Furnishings has higher revenue and earnings than Natuzzi.
Natuzzi has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hooker Furnishings has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.1% of Natuzzi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Hooker Furnishings shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Natuzzi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hooker Furnishings shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hooker Furnishings has a net margin of 2.28% compared to Natuzzi's net margin of -4.90%. Hooker Furnishings' return on equity of 4.33% beat Natuzzi's return on equity.
Summary
Hooker Furnishings beats Natuzzi on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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