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BNED vs. TDUP, HEPS, GCT, RERE, BBW, MYTE, REAL, DNUT, SFIX, and JMIA

Should you be buying Barnes & Noble Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnes & Noble Education include ThredUp (TDUP), D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (HEPS), GigaCloud Technology (GCT), ATRenew (RERE), Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), RealReal (REAL), Krispy Kreme (DNUT), Stitch Fix (SFIX), and Jumia Technologies (JMIA). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

Barnes & Noble Education vs. Its Competitors

Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) and ThredUp (NASDAQ:TDUP) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Barnes & Noble Education has higher revenue and earnings than ThredUp. ThredUp 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 Ratio
Barnes & Noble Education$1.57B0.19-$63.21M-$15.50-0.55
ThredUp$260.03M4.78-$76.99M-$0.49-21.45

In the previous week, ThredUp had 5 more articles in the media than Barnes & Noble Education. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for ThredUp and 11 mentions for Barnes & Noble Education. ThredUp's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Barnes & Noble Education's score of 0.31 indicating that ThredUp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barnes & Noble Education
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ThredUp
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

ThredUp has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.69%. Given ThredUp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ThredUp is more favorable than Barnes & Noble Education.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barnes & Noble Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
ThredUp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Barnes & Noble Education has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ThredUp has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

38.5% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of ThredUp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.0% of ThredUp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Barnes & Noble Education has a net margin of -4.46% compared to ThredUp's net margin of -19.66%. Barnes & Noble Education's return on equity of -2.76% beat ThredUp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barnes & Noble Education-4.46% -2.76% -0.55%
ThredUp -19.66%-71.49%-23.61%

Summary

ThredUp beats Barnes & Noble Education on 11 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 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$302.06M$2.30B$8.29B$21.04B
Dividend YieldN/A4.53%3.10%3.56%
P/E Ratio-0.5518.0416.6428.01
Price / Sales0.192.544.7657.05
Price / CashN/A15.7716.8223.95
Price / BookN/A1.644.365.26
Net Income-$63.21M$106.36M$226.22M$994.11M
7 Day Performance-1.00%2.64%2.73%2.09%
1 Month Performance-22.19%-2.40%2.11%2.35%
1 Year Performance-21.90%-15.48%20.64%13.36%

Barnes & Noble Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNED
Barnes & Noble Education
0.077 of 5 stars
$8.58
-3.2%
N/A-21.0%$302.06M$1.57B-0.553,750Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
TDUP
ThredUp
2.4894 of 5 stars
$9.68
+14.3%
$8.50
-12.2%
+1,417.0%$1.00B$260.03M0.001,630Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HEPS
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading
1.7864 of 5 stars
$2.81
+7.3%
$3.50
+24.6%
+7.1%$842.02M$58.83B-15.613,743Gap Up
GCT
GigaCloud Technology
1.7289 of 5 stars
$22.00
+4.9%
$20.50
-6.8%
+42.6%$798.30M$1.16B6.831,561Gap Down
RERE
ATRenew
1.6657 of 5 stars
$3.39
+8.7%
N/A+58.2%$760.88M$2.24B17.332,096News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
BBW
Build-A-Bear Workshop
2.2252 of 5 stars
$50.85
+3.0%
$52.67
+3.6%
+113.2%$651.98M$496.40M12.225,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MYTE
MYT Netherlands Parent B.V.
2.182 of 5 stars
$7.58
-1.6%
$14.00
+84.7%
+116.5%$649.60M$881.44M-17.631,240News Coverage
REAL
RealReal
1.8716 of 5 stars
$5.77
+10.1%
$8.33
+44.4%
+201.5%$592.61M$600.48M0.003,011News Coverage
Gap Down
DNUT
Krispy Kreme
3.6076 of 5 stars
$3.65
+6.1%
$7.58
+107.5%
-66.1%$587.06M$1.60B-28.0821,000Trending News
Earnings Report
SFIX
Stitch Fix
2.9921 of 5 stars
$4.67
+4.0%
$5.67
+21.3%
+50.3%$585.89M$1.34B-10.154,570
JMIA
Jumia Technologies
0.3147 of 5 stars
$4.85
+8.9%
$7.88
+62.5%
+57.9%$544.96M$167.49M0.002,163News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down

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