AKA vs. BYON, SGU, BNED, HVT.A, LE, BWMX, CURV, TTSH, LOVE, and QVCGB
Should you be buying a.k.a. Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of a.k.a. Brands include Beyond (BYON), Star Group (SGU), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A), Lands' End (LE), Betterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (BWMX), Torrid (CURV), Tile Shop Hldgs (TTSH), Lovesac (LOVE), and QVC Group (QVCGB). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
a.k.a. Brands vs. Its Competitors
Beyond (NYSE:BYON) and a.k.a. Brands (NYSE:AKA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Beyond has a beta of 3.25, suggesting that its stock price is 225% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, a.k.a. Brands has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
76.3% of Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of a.k.a. Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Beyond shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of a.k.a. Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
a.k.a. Brands has a net margin of -4.33% compared to Beyond's net margin of -18.06%. a.k.a. Brands' return on equity of -19.03% beat Beyond's return on equity.
Beyond presently has a consensus target price of $9.14, indicating a potential upside of 3.54%. a.k.a. Brands has a consensus target price of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 75.32%. Given a.k.a. Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe a.k.a. Brands is more favorable than Beyond.
a.k.a. Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beyond. a.k.a. Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beyond, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, a.k.a. Brands had 1 more articles in the media than Beyond. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for a.k.a. Brands and 1 mentions for Beyond. Beyond's average media sentiment score of 0.30 equaled a.k.a. Brands'average media sentiment score.
Summary
a.k.a. Brands beats Beyond on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AKA) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
