PLBY vs. BBBY, ARKO, BWMX, DDL, ZKH, LE, HNST, SGU, HVT.A, and BNED
Should you be buying PLBY Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PLBY Group include Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), ARKO (ARKO), Betterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (BWMX), Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), ZKH Group (ZKH), Lands' End (LE), Honest (HNST), Star Group (SGU), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A), and Barnes & Noble Education (BNED). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
PLBY Group vs. Its Competitors
Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY) and PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Bed Bath & Beyond currently has a consensus target price of $8.86, indicating a potential downside of 20.28%. PLBY Group has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 106.90%. Given PLBY Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PLBY Group is more favorable than Bed Bath & Beyond.
76.3% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of PLBY Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.3% of PLBY Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Bed Bath & Beyond had 5 more articles in the media than PLBY Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bed Bath & Beyond and 2 mentions for PLBY Group. PLBY Group's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Bed Bath & Beyond's score of 0.25 indicating that PLBY Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PLBY Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bed Bath & Beyond. Bed Bath & Beyond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PLBY Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bed Bath & Beyond has a beta of 2.76, suggesting that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PLBY Group has a beta of 2.47, suggesting that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bed Bath & Beyond has a net margin of -17.86% compared to PLBY Group's net margin of -60.96%. PLBY Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Bed Bath & Beyond's return on equity.
Summary
PLBY Group beats Bed Bath & Beyond on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PLBY) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff