Beyond (BYON) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BYON or GO?

76.3% of Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Grocery Outlet shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Beyond shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Grocery Outlet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BYON or GO?

In the previous week, Grocery Outlet had 34 more articles in the media than Beyond. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Grocery Outlet and 3 mentions for Beyond. Grocery Outlet's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Beyond's score of -0.11 indicating that Grocery Outlet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beyond	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Grocery Outlet	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, BYON or GO?

Beyond has a beta of 3.81, meaning that its share price is 281% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grocery Outlet has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BYON or GO?

Grocery Outlet has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond. Beyond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grocery Outlet, 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
Beyond	$1.56B	0.23	-$307.84M	-$7.39	-1.03
Grocery Outlet	$4.26B	0.36	$79.44M	$0.51	30.75

Is BYON or GO more profitable?

Grocery Outlet has a net margin of 1.20% compared to Beyond's net margin of -22.82%. Grocery Outlet's return on equity of 5.25% beat Beyond's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond	-22.82%	-69.32%	-35.45%
Grocery Outlet	1.20%	5.25%	2.11%

Do analysts recommend BYON or GO?

Beyond presently has a consensus target price of $12.29, suggesting a potential upside of 60.91%. Grocery Outlet has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.80%. Given Beyond's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Beyond is more favorable than Grocery Outlet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Grocery Outlet	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BYON or GO?

Grocery Outlet received 12 more outperform votes than Beyond when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.63% of users gave Beyond an outperform vote while only 32.65% of users gave Grocery Outlet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Beyond	Outperform Votes 20 52.63%	Underperform Votes 18 47.37%
Grocery Outlet	Outperform Votes 32 32.65%	Underperform Votes 66 67.35%

Summary

Grocery Outlet beats Beyond on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.