Reviewing Beyond (BYON) & The Competition

Beyond (NASDAQ:BYON) is one of 54 publicly-traded companies in the “Catalog & mail – order houses” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Beyond to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Beyond and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond	0	0	0	0	N/A
Beyond Competitors	210	1287	3639	55	2.68

As a group, “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies have a potential upside of 17.90%. Given Beyond’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Beyond has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Beyond and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beyond	$1.93 billion	-$35.24 million	-4.42
Beyond Competitors	$15.45 billion	-$175.30 million	11.02

Beyond’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Beyond. Beyond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Beyond has a beta of 3.66, indicating that its share price is 266% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond’s competitors have a beta of 0.79, indicating that their average share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

71.4% of Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of shares of all “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Beyond shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of shares of all “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Beyond and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond	-10.27%	-5.88%	-4.17%
Beyond Competitors	-15.09%	-59.04%	-11.57%

Summary

Beyond beats its competitors on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About 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, area rugs, tabletop and cookware, décor, storage and organization, small appliances, and home improvement products under the Bed Bath & Beyond and Bed Bath & Beyond Canada brand names. The company provides its products and services through its internet websites comprising 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; products to international customers using third party logistics providers; and Supplier Oasis, a single integration point through its partners can manage their products, inventory, and sales channels, as well as obtain 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.