Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED – Get Free Report) and Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Barnes & Noble Education and Sow Good, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Barnes & Noble Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sow Good | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Sow Good has a consensus price target of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 409.59%. Given Sow Good’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sow Good is more favorable than Barnes & Noble Education.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Barnes & Noble Education | $1.57 billion | 0.26 | -$63.21 million | ($15.50) | -0.76 |
| Sow Good | $31.99 million | 0.30 | -$3.70 million | ($0.67) | -1.24 |
Sow Good has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnes & Noble Education. Sow Good is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnes & Noble Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
38.5% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Sow Good shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Sow Good shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Barnes & Noble Education and Sow Good’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Barnes & Noble Education | -4.46% | -2.76% | -0.55% |
| Sow Good | -29.42% | -20.77% | -12.05% |
Risk and Volatility
Barnes & Noble Education has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sow Good has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sow Good beats Barnes & Noble Education on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Barnes & Noble Education
Barnes and Noble Education, Inc. engages in the management and operation of bookstore chains in universities. It operates through the Retail and Wholesale segments. The Retail segment operates college, university, and K-12 school bookstores, physical bookstores, and virtual bookstores. The Wholesale segment sells and distributes new and used textbooks to physical bookstores. The company was founded by Leonard S, Riggio in 1965 and is headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ.
About Sow Good
Sow Good Inc. is engaged in producing nutritious products in the freeze-dried food industry. Sow Good Inc., formerly known as Black Ridge Oil and Gas Inc., is based in IRVING, Texas.
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