Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Competitors $10.22 -0.38 (-3.54%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.30 +0.08 (+0.78%) As of 02/21/2025 07:50 PM 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 InterestTrends BNED vs. GRDN, HEPS, MYTE, ARKO, REAL, QRTEB, GCT, DDL, RERE, and SFIXShould you be buying Barnes & Noble Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnes & Noble Education include Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN), D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. (HEPS), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), Arko (ARKO), RealReal (REAL), Qurate Retail (QRTEB), GigaCloud Technology (GCT), Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), ATRenew (RERE), and Stitch Fix (SFIX). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry. Barnes & Noble Education vs. Guardian Pharmacy Services D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. Arko RealReal Qurate Retail GigaCloud Technology Dingdong (Cayman) ATRenew Stitch Fix Guardian Pharmacy Services (NYSE:GRDN) and Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GRDN or BNED? Barnes & Noble Education received 215 more outperform votes than Guardian Pharmacy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Guardian Pharmacy Services an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave Barnes & Noble Education an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGuardian Pharmacy ServicesOutperform Votes4100.00% Underperform VotesNo VotesBarnes & Noble EducationOutperform Votes21954.48% Underperform Votes18345.52% Which has higher valuation & earnings, GRDN or BNED? Guardian Pharmacy Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barnes & Noble Education. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGuardian Pharmacy Services$1.17B1.06N/AN/AN/ABarnes & Noble Education$1.57B0.20-$63.21M-$33.73-0.30 Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GRDN or BNED? 38.5% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media favor GRDN or BNED? In the previous week, Guardian Pharmacy Services had 3 more articles in the media than Barnes & Noble Education. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Guardian Pharmacy Services and 1 mentions for Barnes & Noble Education. Barnes & Noble Education's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Guardian Pharmacy Services' score of 0.44 indicating that Barnes & Noble Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Guardian Pharmacy Services 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Barnes & Noble Education 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is GRDN or BNED more profitable? Guardian Pharmacy Services has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Barnes & Noble Education's net margin of -5.57%. Guardian Pharmacy Services' return on equity of 0.00% beat Barnes & Noble Education's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Guardian Pharmacy ServicesN/A N/A N/A Barnes & Noble Education -5.57%-6.95%-0.97% Do analysts prefer GRDN or BNED? Guardian Pharmacy Services currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.39%. Given Guardian Pharmacy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Guardian Pharmacy Services is more favorable than Barnes & Noble Education.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Guardian Pharmacy Services 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Barnes & Noble Education 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 SummaryGuardian Pharmacy Services beats Barnes & Noble Education on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. 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$308.90M$3.80B$8.40B$20.08BDividend YieldN/A1.38%2.78%3.65%P/E Ratio-0.3012.2014.5034.36Price / Sales0.200.396.8915.65Price / CashN/A5.5831.2020.85Price / Book0.041.645.254.92Net Income-$63.21M$267.57M$259.02M$1.02B7 Day Performance-7.45%-5.28%-2.90%-1.05%1 Month Performance-6.99%-12.04%-0.46%-1.09%1 Year Performance-87.22%-45.73%6.18%13.70% Barnes & Noble Education Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BNEDBarnes & Noble Education1.1799 of 5 stars$10.23-3.5%N/A-87.4%$308.90M$1.57B-0.303,750Positive NewsGRDNGuardian Pharmacy ServicesN/A$19.77-2.3%$22.00+11.3%N/A$1.25BN/A0.003,200News CoverageHEPSD-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S.1.1464 of 5 stars$3.68+1.1%$3.50-4.9%+134.7%$1.04B$39.91B-24.533,213Positive NewsMYTEMYT Netherlands Parent B.V.0.9083 of 5 stars$11.12-4.0%$5.00-55.0%+260.1%$948.03M$909.70M-24.711,817ARKOArko2.0664 of 5 stars$7.71+3.4%$6.13-20.6%-6.7%$892.59M$9.41B48.1913,481High Trading VolumeREALRealReal1.5818 of 5 stars$7.99+1.4%$7.38-7.7%+282.2%$876.42M$549.30M-9.083,032Earnings ReportNews CoverageQRTEBQurate Retail0.5156 of 5 stars$2.20+0.5%N/A-64.9%$873.29M$10.92B-3.1026,700News CoverageGap UpGCTGigaCloud Technology4.0674 of 5 stars$20.46+1.4%$51.33+150.9%-31.9%$838.25M$703.83M6.471,362Gap UpDDLDingdong (Cayman)1.0943 of 5 stars$3.48+2.8%$1.15-66.9%+229.3%$820.90M$2.80B38.613,015News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeREREATRenew3.0695 of 5 stars$3.08+3.2%N/A+163.8%$749.90M$1.83B-61.492,055Gap UpSFIXStitch Fix1.8374 of 5 stars$5.41-1.1%$3.96-26.8%+52.6%$686.20M$1.34B-6.524,570 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Guardian Pharmacy Services Alternatives D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. 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