Natuzzi (NTZ) Competitors

Crown Crafts (NASDAQ:CRWS) and Natuzzi (NYSE:NTZ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Is CRWS or NTZ more profitable?

Crown Crafts has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Crown Crafts' net margin of -1.13%. Natuzzi's return on equity of 9.96% beat Crown Crafts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown Crafts	5.99%	9.96%	6.50%
Natuzzi	-1.13%	-4.61%	-1.15%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRWS or NTZ?

Crown Crafts received 2 more outperform votes than Natuzzi when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Crown Crafts an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave Natuzzi an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crown Crafts	Outperform Votes 186 60.00%	Underperform Votes 124 40.00%
Natuzzi	Outperform Votes 184 56.27%	Underperform Votes 143 43.73%

Which has more volatility & risk, CRWS or NTZ?

Crown Crafts has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natuzzi has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CRWS or NTZ?

Crown Crafts has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Natuzzi. Crown Crafts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natuzzi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crown Crafts	$75.05M	0.67	$5.65M	$0.45	10.97
Natuzzi	$493.60M	0.16	-$570K	$0.65	11.02

Does the media favor CRWS or NTZ?

In the previous week, Natuzzi had 1 more articles in the media than Crown Crafts. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Natuzzi and 1 mentions for Crown Crafts. Natuzzi's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Crown Crafts' score of 0.29 indicating that Crown Crafts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown Crafts	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Natuzzi	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CRWS or NTZ?

31.9% of Crown Crafts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.4% of Natuzzi shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Crown Crafts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Natuzzi 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.

Do analysts recommend CRWS or NTZ?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crown Crafts	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Natuzzi	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Crown Crafts beats Natuzzi on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.