Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) Competitors

Big 5 Sporting Goods (NASDAQ:BGFV) and Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Does the media favor BGFV or BNED?

In the previous week, Barnes & Noble Education had 2 more articles in the media than Big 5 Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Barnes & Noble Education and 2 mentions for Big 5 Sporting Goods. Barnes & Noble Education's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Big 5 Sporting Goods' score of 0.62 indicating that Barnes & Noble Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Big 5 Sporting Goods	Positive
Barnes & Noble Education	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BGFV or BNED?

Big 5 Sporting Goods received 115 more outperform votes than Barnes & Noble Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.85% of users gave Big 5 Sporting Goods an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Barnes & Noble Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Big 5 Sporting Goods	Outperform Votes 334 61.85%	Underperform Votes 206 38.15%
Barnes & Noble Education	Outperform Votes 219 55.03%	Underperform Votes 179 44.97%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BGFV or BNED?

42.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, BGFV or BNED?

Big 5 Sporting Goods has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnes & Noble Education has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BGFV or BNED?

Big 5 Sporting Goods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barnes & Noble Education. Big 5 Sporting Goods 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Big 5 Sporting Goods	$810.20M	0.05	-$7.08M	-$2.61	-0.66
Barnes & Noble Education	$1.57B	0.17	-$63.21M	$10.40	0.94

Is BGFV or BNED more profitable?

Big 5 Sporting Goods has a net margin of -7.04% compared to Barnes & Noble Education's net margin of -7.17%. Big 5 Sporting Goods' return on equity of -15.34% beat Barnes & Noble Education's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Big 5 Sporting Goods	-7.04%	-15.34%	-5.36%
Barnes & Noble Education	-7.17%	-27.68%	-2.91%

Do analysts rate BGFV or BNED?

Barnes & Noble Education has a consensus target price of $262.50, indicating a potential upside of 2,586.80%. Given Barnes & Noble Education's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barnes & Noble Education is more favorable than Big 5 Sporting Goods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Big 5 Sporting Goods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Barnes & Noble Education	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Barnes & Noble Education beats Big 5 Sporting Goods on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.