Hour Loop (HOUR) Competitors

Hour Loop (NASDAQ:HOUR) and Beyond (NYSE:BYON) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, HOUR or BYON?

Hour Loop has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond has a beta of 3.74, indicating that its stock price is 274% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HOUR or BYON?

0.3% of Hour Loop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. 95.0% of Hour Loop shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Beyond shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate HOUR or BYON?

Beyond has a consensus price target of $16.38, suggesting a potential upside of 178.72%. Given Beyond's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Beyond is more favorable than Hour Loop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hour Loop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Beyond	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Does the media favor HOUR or BYON?

In the previous week, Beyond had 3 more articles in the media than Hour Loop. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Beyond and 0 mentions for Hour Loop. Beyond's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Hour Loop's score of 0.00 indicating that Beyond is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hour Loop	Neutral
Beyond	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HOUR or BYON?

Beyond received 17 more outperform votes than Hour Loop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Hour Loop an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave Beyond an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hour Loop	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%
Beyond	Outperform Votes 19 51.35%	Underperform Votes 18 48.65%

Which has better earnings & valuation, HOUR or BYON?

Hour Loop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Beyond. Beyond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hour Loop, 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
Hour Loop	$132.12M	0.58	-$2.43M	$0.05	43.81
Beyond	$1.56B	0.17	-$307.84M	-$7.39	-0.79

Is HOUR or BYON more profitable?

Hour Loop has a net margin of 1.24% compared to Beyond's net margin of -22.82%. Hour Loop's return on equity of 31.06% beat Beyond's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hour Loop	1.24%	31.06%	7.99%
Beyond	-22.82%	-69.32%	-35.45%

Summary

Beyond beats Hour Loop on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.