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BNED vs. VSCO, NEGG, GO, GRDN, ARHS, SPH, RERE, HEPS, GORV, and TDUP

Should you be buying Barnes & Noble Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnes & Noble Education include Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO), Newegg Commerce (NEGG), Grocery Outlet (GO), Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN), Arhaus (ARHS), Suburban Propane Partners (SPH), ATRenew (RERE), D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (HEPS), Lazydays (GORV), and ThredUp (TDUP). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

Barnes & Noble Education vs. Its Competitors

Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) and Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnes & Noble Education has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Barnes & Noble Education had 6 more articles in the media than Victoria's Secret & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Barnes & Noble Education and 5 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co.. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Barnes & Noble Education's score of 0.47 indicating that Victoria's Secret & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Victoria's Secret & Co.
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Barnes & Noble Education
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Victoria's Secret & Co. has a net margin of 2.69% compared to Barnes & Noble Education's net margin of -4.46%. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity of 37.76% beat Barnes & Noble Education's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Victoria's Secret & Co.2.69% 37.76% 4.62%
Barnes & Noble Education -4.46%-2.76%-0.55%

90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Victoria's Secret & Co. presently has a consensus price target of $24.64, indicating a potential upside of 15.45%. Given Victoria's Secret & Co.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Victoria's Secret & Co. is more favorable than Barnes & Noble Education.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Victoria's Secret & Co.
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
Barnes & Noble Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Victoria's Secret & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Barnes & Noble Education. Barnes & Noble Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria's Secret & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Victoria's Secret & Co.$6.23B0.27$165M$2.0010.67
Barnes & Noble Education$1.57B0.20-$63.21M-$15.50-0.60

Summary

Victoria's Secret & Co. beats Barnes & Noble Education on 14 of the 16 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 BNED and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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BNED vs. The Competition

MetricBarnes & Noble EducationCONSM PD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$316.70M$2.26B$8.28B$21.10B
Dividend YieldN/A4.39%3.08%3.58%
P/E Ratio-0.6016.1521.3327.85
Price / Sales0.202.663.2460.47
Price / CashN/A16.7116.9323.00
Price / BookN/A1.704.864.69
Net Income-$63.21M$100.54M$215.28M$994.49M
7 Day Performance-17.50%3.54%2.01%1.57%
1 Month Performance-20.60%4.66%44.97%5.84%
1 Year Performance-6.35%-12.39%16.67%11.42%

Barnes & Noble Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNED
Barnes & Noble Education
0.2033 of 5 stars
$9.29
-0.4%
N/A-1.2%$316.70M$1.57B-0.603,750News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
VSCO
Victoria's Secret & Co.
2.9745 of 5 stars
$18.96
-0.9%
$24.64
+29.9%
+16.1%$1.51B$6.23B9.4831,000Positive News
NEGG
Newegg Commerce
1.5392 of 5 stars
$36.22
-26.4%
N/A+80.3%$1.38B$1.24B0.002,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
GO
Grocery Outlet
1.7709 of 5 stars
$13.67
+3.0%
$15.62
+14.2%
-25.8%$1.34B$4.37B85.442,307Analyst Revision
GRDN
Guardian Pharmacy Services
1.863 of 5 stars
$20.37
-0.1%
$25.67
+26.0%
N/A$1.29B$1.23B0.003,400News Coverage
ARHS
Arhaus
3.3193 of 5 stars
$8.79
-4.6%
$10.50
+19.5%
-40.3%$1.24B$1.29B21.442,550Positive News
SPH
Suburban Propane Partners
1.4305 of 5 stars
$18.57
+0.6%
$17.00
-8.5%
-0.1%$1.21B$1.42B12.903,098News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
RERE
ATRenew
2.0482 of 5 stars
$3.64
+2.4%
N/A+38.4%$886.47M$2.24B51.932,096High Trading Volume
HEPS
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading
2.3746 of 5 stars
$2.72
-3.2%
$3.50
+28.7%
-21.5%$874.16M$55.81B-17.003,743Positive News
GORV
Lazydays
2.4352 of 5 stars
$7.66
+6.7%
$60.00
+683.3%
-92.2%$844.82M$871.56M-1.081,100Positive News
TDUP
ThredUp
1.1628 of 5 stars
$7.12
+0.6%
$7.25
+1.8%
+306.1%$841.92M$266.79M-12.281,630News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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