Aterian, Inc.
ATER Nasdaq Electric Housewares & Fans Financials FY2018โFY2025
Last close ยท Oct 23, 2026
$0.62
0.6%What Aterian, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- Aterian, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K ยท Mar 23, 2026
- Accession ยท CIK
- 0001437749-26-009285
0001757715
Revenue and margins
Aterian, Inc. had $69.0M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 30.4% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was โ$10.9M in fiscal 2025, โ15.9% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Aterian, Inc. returned โ to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.0%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Aterian, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $30.3M | $43.6M | $20.0M | $18.0M | $4.9M |
| Interest coverage | โ2.6x | โ66.1x | โ35.9x | โ9.7x | โ18.8x |
| Current ratio | 1.5x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 2.0x | 2.0x |
| Quick ratio | 0.7x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.3x | 2.0x |
| Total assets | $314M | $156M | $61.9M | $49.5M | $29.6M |
| Total liabilities | $89.3M | $54.5M | $25.8M | $19.5M | $14.4M |
| Shareholders' equity | $224M | $102M | $36.0M | $30.0M | $15.2M |
| Net debt (โ = net cash) | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. โPlanโ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
โ
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8โ9 is strong, 0โ2 weak.
| Test | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash from operations is positive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on assets rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Debt fell relative to assets | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Current ratio rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Share count didn't rise | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Gross margin rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| F-score | โ / 3 | 4 / 9 | 4 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 5 / 7 | 5 / 7 | 3 / 7 |
| Accruals ratio | โ2.5% | โ50.7% | โ59.7% | โ82.4% | โ76.1% | โ56.0% | โ25.2% | โ20.5% |
| Altman Z'' | 1.54 | โ8.67 | โ5.28 | โ1.69 | โ16.75 | โ41.12 | โ44.25 | โ80.35 |
8 years of figures
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioโs name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||
| Revenue | $73.3M | $114M | $186M | $248M | $221M | $143M | $99.0M | $69.0M |
| Provision for credit losses | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | $0.1M | $0.0M | โ$0.1M |
| Gross profit | $26.0M | $45.0M | $84.7M | $122M | $106M | $70.3M | $61.5M | $39.2M |
| Research and development | $3.7M | $10.7M | $8.1M | $9.8M | $6.0M | $4.6M | $0.0M | โ |
| Operating income | $29.4M | โ$54.3M | โ$34.8M | โ$34.1M | โ$178M | โ$76.2M | โ$11.8M | โ$18.0M |
| Interest expense | $2.4M | $4.5M | $5.0M | $13.3M | $2.7M | $2.1M | $1.2M | $1.0M |
| Pretax income | โ$31.8M | โ$58.8M | โ$63.1M | โ$235M | โ$197M | โ$75.4M | โ$11.9M | โ$18.9M |
| Income tax | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.5M | โ$0.4M | โ$0.9M | โ$0.0M | $0.0M |
| Net income | โ$31.8M | โ$58.8M | โ$63.1M | โ$236M | โ$196M | โ$74.6M | โ$11.9M | โ$19.0M |
| Diluted EPS | โ$3.13 | โ$4.35 | โ$3.68 | โ$6.67 | โ$2.95 | โ | โ | โ |
| Diluted shares | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.02B | 0.04B | 0.07B | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash flow | ||||||||
| Cash from operations | โ$30.3M | โ$25.2M | $6.1M | โ$42.0M | โ$17.5M | โ$13.4M | $2.2M | โ$10.9M |
| Capital expenditure | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| Free cash flow | โ$30.4M | โ$25.3M | $6.0M | โ$42.0M | โ$17.6M | โ$13.5M | $2.1M | โ$10.9M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.6M | $7.3M | $7.5M | $3.9M | $1.7M | $1.6M |
| Stock-based compensation | $0.6M | $34.7M | $22.7M | $29.0M | $14.6M | $8.3M | $7.5M | $2.2M |
| Acquisitions | โ | $1.2M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $20.0M | $30.4M | $26.7M | $30.3M | $43.6M | $20.0M | $18.0M | $4.9M |
| Total debt | $27.5M | $35.1M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Current assets | $57.4M | $73.0M | $75.2M | $125M | $100M | $49.6M | $38.7M | $28.5M |
| Current liabilities | $39.6M | $53.2M | $74.7M | $83.7M | $53.0M | $25.4M | $19.3M | $14.1M |
| Inventory | $30.6M | $36.2M | $31.6M | $63.0M | $43.7M | $20.4M | $13.7M | $0.1M |
| Property and equipment, net | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.2M | $1.3M | $0.9M | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.7M |
| Goodwill | โ | โ | $47.3M | $120M | $0.0M | $0.0M | โ | โ |
| Intangible assets | โ | โ | $31.5M | $65.0M | $54.8M | $11.3M | $9.8M | $0.0M |
| Total assets | $58.0M | $74.4M | $157M | $314M | $156M | $61.9M | $49.5M | $29.6M |
| Total liabilities | $52.6M | $63.7M | $134M | $89.3M | $54.5M | $25.8M | $19.5M | $14.4M |
| Preferred stock | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $5.4M | $10.7M | $23.4M | $224M | $102M | $36.0M | $30.0M | $15.2M |
| Margins | ||||||||
| Gross margin | 35.5% | 39.4% | 45.6% | 49.2% | 47.7% | 49.3% | 62.1% | 56.8% |
| Operating margin | 40.1% | โ47.5% | โ18.7% | โ13.8% | โ80.6% | โ53.4% | โ11.9% | โ26.1% |
| EBITDA margin | 40.5% | โ47.3% | โ18.4% | โ10.8% | โ77.2% | โ50.7% | โ10.2% | โ23.7% |
| Net margin | โ43.4% | โ51.4% | โ34.0% | โ95.3% | โ88.8% | โ52.3% | โ12.0% | โ27.5% |
| FCF margin | โ41.5% | โ22.1% | 3.2% | โ17.0% | โ7.9% | โ9.5% | 2.1% | โ15.9% |
| Returns | ||||||||
| Return on capital | 180.9% | โ277.4% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on capital employed | 159.4% | โ256.3% | โ42.0% | โ14.8% | โ172.3% | โ209.2% | โ39.1% | โ116.4% |
| Return on equity | โ592.7% | โ730.5% | โ370.1% | โ190.6% | โ120.4% | โ108.1% | โ35.9% | โ83.9% |
| Return on assets | โ54.9% | โ88.8% | โ54.4% | โ100.2% | โ83.5% | โ68.3% | โ21.3% | โ48.0% |
| Return on tangible equity | โ592.7% | โ548.0% | โ | โ600.1% | โ415.9% | โ301.7% | โ58.5% | โ124.8% |
| Growth | ||||||||
| Revenue growth | โ | 56.2% | 62.3% | 33.4% | โ10.7% | โ35.5% | โ30.5% | โ30.4% |
| FCF growth | โ | โ | โ | โ799.8% | โ | โ | โ | โ615.6% |
| Share count change | โ | 33.0% | 27.0% | 106.1% | 88.0% | โ | โ | โ |
| Financial health | ||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.3x | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Debt / equity | 5.1x | 3.3x | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Interest coverage | 12.5x | โ12.0x | โ6.9x | โ2.6x | โ66.1x | โ35.9x | โ9.7x | โ18.8x |
| Current ratio | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.0x | 1.5x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 2.0x | 2.0x |
| Quick ratio | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.3x | 2.0x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.8% | 30.3% | 12.2% | 11.7% | 6.6% | 5.8% | 7.6% | 3.2% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | โ | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.5 | โ8.7 | โ5.3 | โ1.7 | โ16.7 | โ41.1 | โ44.2 | โ80.3 |
| Accruals ratio | โ2.5% | โ50.7% | โ59.7% | โ82.4% | โ76.1% | โ56.0% | โ25.2% | โ20.5% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001757715). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only โ not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
