Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY – Get Free Report) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Bed Bath & Beyond and eBay, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| eBay | 1 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2.39 |
Bed Bath & Beyond presently has a consensus target price of $8.67, suggesting a potential upside of 72.06%. eBay has a consensus target price of $110.52, suggesting a potential downside of 3.22%. Given Bed Bath & Beyond’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bed Bath & Beyond is more favorable than eBay.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | $1.04 billion | 0.36 | -$84.62 million | ($0.95) | -5.30 |
| eBay | $11.10 billion | 4.57 | $2.03 billion | $4.41 | 25.89 |
eBay has higher revenue and earnings than Bed Bath & Beyond. Bed Bath & Beyond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than eBay, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
76.3% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of eBay shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of eBay shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Bed Bath & Beyond and eBay’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | -5.76% | -27.60% | -12.99% |
| eBay | 17.58% | 46.11% | 11.97% |
Risk & Volatility
Bed Bath & Beyond has a beta of 2.85, indicating that its share price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, eBay has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
eBay beats Bed Bath & Beyond on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bed Bath & Beyond
Beyond, Inc. operates as an online retailer of furniture and home furnishings products in the United States and Canada. The company offers furniture, bedding and bath, patio and outdoor gear, area rugs, tabletop and cookware, décor, storage and organization, small appliances, home improvement, and other products under the Bed Bath & Beyond brand. The company provides its products and services through its e-commerce platform accessible through its mobile application, which includes bedbathandbeyond.com, bedbathandbeyond.ca, and overstockgovernment.com. It also offers businesses advertising products or services on its website; Marketplace, a service that allows its partners to sell their products through third party sites; product sales to international customers using third party logistics providers; and Supplier Oasis, a singular integration point that enables partners to manage their products, inventory, and sales channels, as well as access multi-channel fulfillment services through its distribution network. The company was formerly known as Overstock.com, Inc. and changed its name to Beyond, Inc. in November 2023. Beyond, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Midvale, Utah.
About eBay
eBay Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates marketplace platforms that connect buyers and sellers in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Germany, and internationally. The company’s marketplace platform includes its online marketplace at ebay.com, off-platform businesses, and the eBay suite of mobile apps. Its platforms enable users to list, sell, and buy various products. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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