BBBY vs. AMZN, AMC, CHWY, GME, TGT, WMT, PTRN, VSCO, CSAN, and NEGG
Should you be buying Bed Bath & Beyond stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bed Bath & Beyond include Amazon.com (AMZN), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Chewy (CHWY), GameStop (GME), Target (TGT), Walmart (WMT), Pattern Group (PTRN), Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO), Cosan (CSAN), and Newegg Commerce (NEGG).
Bed Bath & Beyond vs. Its Competitors
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are held 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.
Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Bed Bath & Beyond. Bed Bath & Beyond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amazon.com has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bed Bath & Beyond has a beta of 2.76, indicating that its share price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Bed Bath & Beyond's net margin of -17.86%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat Bed Bath & Beyond's return on equity.
Amazon.com presently has a consensus target price of $266.26, indicating a potential upside of 20.99%. Bed Bath & Beyond has a consensus target price of $8.86, indicating a potential upside of 2.50%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Bed Bath & Beyond.
In the previous week, Amazon.com had 211 more articles in the media than Bed Bath & Beyond. MarketBeat recorded 218 mentions for Amazon.com and 7 mentions for Bed Bath & Beyond. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Bed Bath & Beyond's score of 0.14 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Amazon.com beats Bed Bath & Beyond on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BBBY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:BBBY) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
