BNED vs. AGAE, YQ, JRSH, MSS, CASA, SNAL, CURI, COE, ISPO, and GDHG
Should you be buying Barnes & Noble Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnes & Noble Education include Allied Gaming & Entertainment (AGAE), 17 Education & Technology Group (YQ), Jerash Holdings (US) (JRSH), Maison Solutions (MSS), Casa Systems (CASA), Snail (SNAL), CuriosityStream (CURI), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), Inspirato (ISPO), and Golden Heaven Group (GDHG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Allied Gaming & Entertainment (NASDAQ:AGAE) and Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
3.2% of Allied Gaming & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.1% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are held by institutional investors. 39.4% of Allied Gaming & Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Barnes & Noble Education had 2 more articles in the media than Allied Gaming & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Barnes & Noble Education and 3 mentions for Allied Gaming & Entertainment. Barnes & Noble Education's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Allied Gaming & Entertainment's score of 0.61 indicating that Allied Gaming & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Allied Gaming & Entertainment has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnes & Noble Education has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barnes & Noble Education has a consensus target price of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 356.36%. Given Allied Gaming & Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Barnes & Noble Education is more favorable than Allied Gaming & Entertainment.
Barnes & Noble Education received 219 more outperform votes than Allied Gaming & Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users.
Barnes & Noble Education has a net margin of -5.22% compared to Barnes & Noble Education's net margin of -62.56%. Barnes & Noble Education's return on equity of -5.01% beat Allied Gaming & Entertainment's return on equity.
Allied Gaming & Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barnes & Noble Education.
Summary
Barnes & Noble Education beats Allied Gaming & Entertainment on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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