Matt Kuranda

Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Roth Capital Partners

Matt Koranda is a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Roth Capital Partners, specializing in the consumer sector with a focus on direct-to-consumer and digitally native brands as well as industrial growth companies. He covers a variety of publicly traded firms including Aterian (ATER), THERM (THRM), and Noble House, and is recognized for generating notable returns such as an 800% return recommendation on Aterian, though his overall success rate stands at 39% with an average return of 1.4% according to TipRanks. Matt began his finance career in 2011, initially serving at Roth on the solar and cleantech research team; after a period at Spitfire Capital, he returned to Roth in 2020 to head their consumer sector coverage. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of California, Irvine, and has received awards including a StarMine award for financial forecasting accuracy and an honorable mention from Institutional Investor in alternative energy.