NTZ vs. FLXS, HOFT, WFCF, BZFD, BEDU, CLOE, BODI, CURI, CULP, and KUKE
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), BuzzFeed (BZFD), Bright Scholar Education (BEDU), Clover Leaf Capital (CLOE), Beachbody (BODI), CuriosityStream (CURI), Culp (CULP), and Kuke Music (KUKE). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Natuzzi (NYSE:NTZ) and Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Natuzzi has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Natuzzi and Natuzzi both had 4 articles in the media. Natuzzi's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 0.46 indicating that Natuzzi is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Flexsteel Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Natuzzi.
Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Natuzzi's net margin of -4.89%. Flexsteel Industries' return on equity of 6.54% beat Natuzzi's return on equity.
Flexsteel Industries received 35 more outperform votes than Natuzzi when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.80% of users gave Flexsteel Industries an outperform vote while only 51.54% of users gave Natuzzi an outperform vote.
6.1% of Natuzzi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Natuzzi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Flexsteel Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Flexsteel Industries beats Natuzzi on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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