Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY – Get Free Report) and Boohoo Group (OTCMKTS:BHOOY – Get Free Report) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Bed Bath & Beyond and Boohoo Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | $1.04 billion | 0.29 | -$84.62 million | ($1.45) | -3.00 |
| Boohoo Group | $1.01 billion | 0.48 | -$415.90 million | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Bed Bath & Beyond and Boohoo Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Boohoo Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Bed Bath & Beyond presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.18%. Given Bed Bath & Beyond’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bed Bath & Beyond is more favorable than Boohoo Group.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
76.3% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Bed Bath & Beyond and Boohoo Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | -8.10% | -33.44% | -14.89% |
| Boohoo Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Risk & Volatility
Bed Bath & Beyond has a beta of 3.02, suggesting that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boohoo Group has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bed Bath & Beyond beats Boohoo Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bed Bath & Beyond
Beyond, Inc. operates as an online retailer of furniture and home furnishings products in the United States and Canada. The company offers furniture, bedding and bath, patio and outdoor gear, area rugs, tabletop and cookware, décor, storage and organization, small appliances, home improvement, and other products under the Bed Bath & Beyond brand. The company provides its products and services through its e-commerce platform accessible through its mobile application, which includes bedbathandbeyond.com, bedbathandbeyond.ca, and overstockgovernment.com. It also offers businesses advertising products or services on its website; Marketplace, a service that allows its partners to sell their products through third party sites; product sales to international customers using third party logistics providers; and Supplier Oasis, a singular integration point that enables partners to manage their products, inventory, and sales channels, as well as access multi-channel fulfillment services through its distribution network. The company was formerly known as Overstock.com, Inc. and changed its name to Beyond, Inc. in November 2023. Beyond, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Midvale, Utah.
About Boohoo Group
boohoo group plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online clothing retailer in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. The company designs, sources, markets, and sells clothing, shoes, accessories, and beauty products for 16-to-45-year age customers. It provides its products under the boohoo, boohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing, Nasty Gal, MissPap, Karen Millen, Coast, Oasis, Warehouse, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, Burton, and Debenhams brands. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.
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