Financial Review: ATC Venture Group (OTCMKTS:ATCV) versus Amer Sports (NYSE:AS)

ATC Venture Group (OTCMKTS:ATCV) and Amer Sports (NYSE:AS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

ATC Venture Group has a beta of 4.06, suggesting that its stock price is 306% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amer Sports has a beta of 3.36, suggesting that its stock price is 236% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for ATC Venture Group and Amer Sports, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATC Venture Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Amer Sports	0	4	11	1	2.81

Amer Sports has a consensus price target of $37.81, indicating a potential downside of 2.72%. Given Amer Sports’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amer Sports is more favorable than ATC Venture Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ATC Venture Group and Amer Sports”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATC Venture Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amer Sports	$5.18 billion	4.15	$72.60 million	$0.37	105.04

Amer Sports has higher revenue and earnings than ATC Venture Group.

Profitability

This table compares ATC Venture Group and Amer Sports’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATC Venture Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amer Sports	3.70%	7.21%	3.90%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

40.3% of Amer Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.9% of ATC Venture Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Amer Sports beats ATC Venture Group on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ATC Venture Group

ATC Venture Group Inc., through its subsidiary, Simonsen Iron Works Inc., engages in the design, manufacture, and assembly of an array of parts for original equipment manufacturers and other customers. The company was formerly known as Cycle Country Accessories Corp. and changed its name to ATC Venture Group Inc. in January 2012. ATC Venture Group Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

About Amer Sports

Amer Sports, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells sports equipment, apparel, footwear, and accessories in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, China, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through three segments: Technical Apparel, Outdoor Performance, and Ball & Racquet Sports. The Technical Apparel segment offers outdoor apparel, footwear, and accessories which includes climbing gear. The Outdoor Performance segment provides hiking and running footwear, functional apparel, skiing and snowboarding gear, and lifestyle footwear. The Ball & Racquet Sports segment offers sports equipment for tennis, baseball, american football, basketball, golf, and various other professional and recreational sports. This segment provides custom-fitting protective gear and apparel for baseball, softball, football, and lacrosse. It sells its products under the Arc'teryx, PeakPerformance, Salomon, Atomic, Armada, ENVE, Wilson, Louisville Slugger, DeMarini, EvoShield, and ATEC brands. The company distributes its products through retail stores, general sporting goods retailers, specialty stores, independently operated partner stores, and distributors, as well as its e-commerce websites, and retailer-owned and third-party e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Amer Sports Management Holding (Cayman) Limited and changed its name to Amer Sports, Inc. in August 2023. Amer Sports, Inc. was founded in 1950 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.