Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Competitors $9.37 +0.23 (+2.52%) Closing price 04/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.80 +0.43 (+4.59%) As of 04:00 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BNED vs. ARHS, DNUT, HEPS, RERE, REAL, MYTE, ZKH, GCT, DDL, and CURVShould you be buying Barnes & Noble Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnes & Noble Education include Arhaus (ARHS), Krispy Kreme (DNUT), D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. (HEPS), ATRenew (RERE), RealReal (REAL), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), ZKH Group (ZKH), GigaCloud Technology (GCT), Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), and Torrid (CURV). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry. Barnes & Noble Education vs. Arhaus Krispy Kreme D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. ATRenew RealReal MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. ZKH Group GigaCloud Technology Dingdong (Cayman) Torrid Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) and Arhaus (NASDAQ:ARHS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership. Do institutionals and insiders believe in BNED or ARHS? 38.5% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Arhaus shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Arhaus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts recommend BNED or ARHS? Arhaus has a consensus price target of $11.18, suggesting a potential upside of 47.91%. Given Arhaus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arhaus is more favorable than Barnes & Noble Education.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Barnes & Noble Education 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Arhaus 0 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33 Does the MarketBeat Community favor BNED or ARHS? Barnes & Noble Education received 163 more outperform votes than Arhaus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.45% of users gave Arhaus an outperform vote while only 54.21% of users gave Barnes & Noble Education an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBarnes & Noble EducationOutperform Votes21954.21% Underperform Votes18545.79% ArhausOutperform Votes5655.45% Underperform Votes4544.55% Which has more volatility & risk, BNED or ARHS? Barnes & Noble Education has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arhaus has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is BNED or ARHS more profitable? Arhaus has a net margin of 6.18% compared to Barnes & Noble Education's net margin of -5.57%. Arhaus' return on equity of 24.92% beat Barnes & Noble Education's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Barnes & Noble Education-5.57% -6.95% -0.97% Arhaus 6.18%24.92%6.69% Does the media prefer BNED or ARHS? In the previous week, Arhaus had 13 more articles in the media than Barnes & Noble Education. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Arhaus and 2 mentions for Barnes & Noble Education. Barnes & Noble Education's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Arhaus' score of 0.51 indicating that Barnes & Noble Education is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Barnes & Noble Education 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Arhaus 6 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better valuation & earnings, BNED or ARHS? Arhaus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnes & Noble Education. Barnes & Noble Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arhaus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBarnes & Noble Education$1.57B0.20-$63.21M-$15.50-0.60Arhaus$1.27B0.84$125.24M$0.4915.43 SummaryArhaus beats Barnes & Noble Education on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Barnes & Noble Education News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BNED and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BNED vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBarnes & Noble Educationshopping goods stores IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$319.09M$2.99B$7.06B$18.51BDividend YieldN/A1.92%3.51%4.24%P/E Ratio-0.289.6015.8031.15Price / Sales0.200.317.4825.69Price / CashN/A5.4916.4217.53Price / Book0.041.304.124.29Net Income-$63.21M$267.57M$259.47M$1.02B7 Day Performance13.23%5.62%5.32%6.59%1 Month Performance-5.69%-4.63%-6.82%-6.88%1 Year Performance-86.61%-55.83%-6.65%1.23% Barnes & Noble Education Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BNEDBarnes & Noble Education0.4223 of 5 stars$9.37+2.5%N/A-86.6%$319.09M$1.57B-0.284,600Analyst DowngradePositive NewsARHSArhaus3.8574 of 5 stars$7.82+0.9%$11.18+43.0%-48.8%$1.10B$1.27B13.961,620DNUTKrispy Kreme3.1819 of 5 stars$4.42+0.2%$12.29+178.0%-71.7%$752.73M$1.67B26.0021,500High Trading VolumeHEPSD-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S.2.3232 of 5 stars$2.56-0.8%$3.50+36.7%+111.3%$720.34M$39.91B-17.0710,800Positive NewsGap DownREREATRenew3.2708 of 5 stars$2.55-1.7%N/A+28.4%$620.65M$16.33B-50.892,500Short Interest ↓Gap DownREALRealReal1.9054 of 5 stars$5.29flat$8.33+57.5%+63.7%$588.50M$600.48M-4.103,470Gap DownMYTEMYT Netherlands Parent B.V.2.0408 of 5 stars$6.51-0.1%$14.00+115.2%+123.6%$554.66M$881.44M-15.131,240Positive NewsGap DownZKHZKH Group2.6323 of 5 stars$3.27-2.1%$4.00+22.3%-79.0%$528.71M$8.76B-9.343,476Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓Gap DownGCTGigaCloud Technology2.8048 of 5 stars$12.67-4.8%$36.67+189.4%-61.9%$507.64M$1.16B4.01680DDLDingdong (Cayman)2.2514 of 5 stars$2.15-8.3%N/A+98.5%$506.71M$23.07B23.834,000Positive NewsCURVTorrid1.8266 of 5 stars$4.76+0.4%$5.00+5.1%+27.7%$499.35M$1.10B31.732,060Positive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Arhaus Alternatives Krispy Kreme Alternatives D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. 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