Beyond (BYON) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, ARKO or BYON?

Arko has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond has a beta of 3.7, meaning that its share price is 270% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARKO or BYON more profitable?

Arko has a net margin of 0.27% compared to Beyond's net margin of -22.82%. Arko's return on equity of 8.88% beat Beyond's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arko	0.27%	8.88%	0.66%
Beyond	-22.82%	-69.32%	-35.45%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ARKO or BYON?

78.3% of Arko shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Arko shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Beyond shares are held by 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 refer more to ARKO or BYON?

In the previous week, Beyond had 6 more articles in the media than Arko. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Beyond and 2 mentions for Arko. Beyond's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Arko's score of 0.12 indicating that Beyond is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arko	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Beyond	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ARKO or BYON?

Arko has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond. Beyond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arko, 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
Arko	$8.97B	0.09	$34.37M	$0.16	42.31
Beyond	$1.48B	0.16	-$307.84M	-$7.39	-0.69

Do analysts recommend ARKO or BYON?

Arko currently has a consensus target price of $6.13, indicating a potential downside of 9.53%. Beyond has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 224.17%. Given Beyond's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Beyond is more favorable than Arko.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arko	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Beyond	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARKO or BYON?

Beyond received 5 more outperform votes than Arko when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.78% of users gave Beyond an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Arko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arko	Outperform Votes 14 37.84%	Underperform Votes 23 62.16%
Beyond	Outperform Votes 19 52.78%	Underperform Votes 17 47.22%

Summary

Arko and Beyond tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.