Beyond (BYON) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BYON or DNUT?

Krispy Kreme has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond. Beyond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Krispy Kreme, 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	$1.39B	0.16	-$307.84M	-$5.50	-0.75
Krispy Kreme	$1.67B	0.42	-$37.92M	$0.02	207.75

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BYON or DNUT?

Krispy Kreme received 13 more outperform votes than Beyond when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.38% of users gave Beyond an outperform vote while only 42.17% of users gave Krispy Kreme an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Beyond	Outperform Votes 22 52.38%	Underperform Votes 20 47.62%
Krispy Kreme	Outperform Votes 35 42.17%	Underperform Votes 48 57.83%

Does the media favor BYON or DNUT?

In the previous week, Krispy Kreme had 6 more articles in the media than Beyond. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Krispy Kreme and 4 mentions for Beyond. Beyond's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Krispy Kreme's score of 0.72 indicating that Beyond is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beyond	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Krispy Kreme	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

76.3% of Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Beyond shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, BYON or DNUT?

Beyond has a beta of 4.09, indicating that its share price is 309% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BYON or DNUT more profitable?

Krispy Kreme has a net margin of 1.64% compared to Beyond's net margin of -22.82%. Krispy Kreme's return on equity of 0.53% beat Beyond's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond	-22.82%	-69.32%	-35.45%
Krispy Kreme	1.64%	0.53%	0.21%

Do analysts prefer BYON or DNUT?

Beyond presently has a consensus target price of $9.64, suggesting a potential upside of 134.51%. Krispy Kreme has a consensus target price of $12.29, suggesting a potential upside of 195.69%. Given Krispy Kreme's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Krispy Kreme is more favorable than Beyond.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Krispy Kreme	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Summary

Krispy Kreme beats Beyond on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.