Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Competitors $10.37 -0.04 (-0.38%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.36 -0.01 (-0.10%) As of 04:28 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BNED vs. CWH, SPH, ARHS, HEPS, DNUT, REAL, MYTE, CURV, RERE, and DDLShould you be buying Barnes & Noble Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnes & Noble Education include Camping World (CWH), Suburban Propane Partners (SPH), Arhaus (ARHS), D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. (HEPS), Krispy Kreme (DNUT), RealReal (REAL), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), Torrid (CURV), ATRenew (RERE), and Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry. Barnes & Noble Education vs. Camping World Suburban Propane Partners Arhaus D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. Krispy Kreme RealReal MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. Torrid ATRenew Dingdong (Cayman) Camping World (NYSE:CWH) and Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation. Is CWH or BNED more profitable? Camping World has a net margin of -0.40% compared to Barnes & Noble Education's net margin of -5.57%. Barnes & Noble Education's return on equity of -6.95% beat Camping World's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Camping World-0.40% -23.77% -0.86% Barnes & Noble Education -5.57%-6.95%-0.97% Do institutionals and insiders believe in CWH or BNED? 52.5% of Camping World shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are held by institutional investors. 35.6% of Camping World shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has more volatility & risk, CWH or BNED? Camping World has a beta of 2.32, meaning that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnes & Noble Education has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CWH or BNED? Camping World has higher revenue and earnings than Barnes & Noble Education. Camping World is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnes & Noble Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCamping World$6.10B0.23$31.04M-$0.76-18.27Barnes & Noble Education$1.57B0.23-$63.21M-$15.50-0.68 Do analysts recommend CWH or BNED? Camping World presently has a consensus price target of $21.63, indicating a potential upside of 55.77%. Given Camping World's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Camping World is more favorable than Barnes & Noble Education.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Camping World 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.78Barnes & Noble Education 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CWH or BNED? Camping World received 242 more outperform votes than Barnes & Noble Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.60% of users gave Camping World an outperform vote while only 54.07% of users gave Barnes & Noble Education an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCamping WorldOutperform Votes46168.60% Underperform Votes21131.40% Barnes & Noble EducationOutperform Votes21954.07% Underperform Votes18645.93% Does the media prefer CWH or BNED? In the previous week, Camping World had 24 more articles in the media than Barnes & Noble Education. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Camping World and 2 mentions for Barnes & Noble Education. Barnes & Noble Education's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Camping World's score of 0.53 indicating that Barnes & Noble Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Camping World 9 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Barnes & Noble Education 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive SummaryCamping World beats Barnes & Noble Education on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Barnes & Noble Education News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BNED and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart BNED vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBarnes & Noble Educationshopping goods stores IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$357.91M$3.17B$7.61B$19.22BDividend YieldN/A1.95%3.39%4.00%P/E Ratio-0.3110.1916.7433.46Price / Sales0.230.337.5429.44Price / CashN/A5.4916.4217.52Price / Book0.041.394.524.55Net Income-$63.21M$267.57M$261.05M$1.02B7 Day Performance0.29%3.57%1.67%2.21%1 Month Performance-2.23%-7.57%-1.59%-2.01%1 Year Performance-51.34%-46.22%-3.08%5.56% Barnes & Noble Education Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BNEDBarnes & Noble Education0.4976 of 5 stars$10.37-0.4%N/A-50.2%$353.14M$1.57B-0.314,600Positive NewsCWHCamping World4.9352 of 5 stars$13.80-0.2%$23.63+71.2%-33.7%$1.41B$6.10B-20.0013,400Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeSPHSuburban Propane Partners2.0014 of 5 stars$20.21-0.4%$21.00+3.9%+1.1%$1.30B$1.33B19.073,170Upcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementNews CoverageARHSArhaus3.7457 of 5 stars$8.28+0.9%$11.18+35.0%-37.3%$1.16B$1.27B14.791,620Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsHEPSD-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S.2.84 of 5 stars$2.69-3.9%$3.50+30.1%+81.0%$756.92M$39.91B-17.9310,800Earnings ReportPositive NewsDNUTKrispy Kreme3.0501 of 5 stars$4.19-3.2%$11.57+176.2%-66.2%$713.56M$1.67B24.6521,500Upcoming EarningsREALRealReal2.1543 of 5 stars$6.13-1.6%$8.33+35.9%+50.1%$693.27M$600.48M-4.753,470Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsMYTEMYT Netherlands Parent B.V.2.0068 of 5 stars$7.91-4.0%$14.00+77.0%+85.1%$677.88M$881.44M-18.391,240Short Interest ↑CURVTorrid1.4917 of 5 stars$6.15+0.8%$4.75-22.8%+26.0%$645.31M$1.10B41.002,060Short Interest ↓News CoverageREREATRenew2.3455 of 5 stars$2.45+2.5%N/A+18.4%$597.49M$16.33B-48.992,500Positive NewsDDLDingdong (Cayman)2.5822 of 5 stars$2.49-2.0%N/A+74.9%$588.21M$23.07B27.674,000Positive NewsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Camping World Alternatives Suburban Propane Partners Alternatives Arhaus Alternatives D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. 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