Reviewing Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY) & Boohoo Group (OTCMKTS:BHOOY)

Boohoo Group (OTCMKTS:BHOOY) and Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Boohoo Group and Bed Bath & Beyond, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boohoo Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bed Bath & Beyond	1	4	1	0	2.00

Bed Bath & Beyond has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.42%. Given Bed Bath & Beyond’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bed Bath & Beyond is more favorable than Boohoo Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

76.3% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Boohoo Group and Bed Bath & Beyond”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boohoo Group	$1.01 billion	0.48	-$415.90 million	N/A	N/A
Bed Bath & Beyond	$1.04 billion	0.31	-$84.62 million	($1.45)	-3.19

Bed Bath & Beyond has higher revenue and earnings than Boohoo Group.

Volatility and Risk

Boohoo Group has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bed Bath & Beyond has a beta of 3.01, indicating that its share price is 201% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Boohoo Group and Bed Bath & Beyond’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boohoo Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bed Bath & Beyond	-8.10%	-33.44%	-14.89%

Summary

Bed Bath & Beyond beats Boohoo Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Boohoo Group

boohoo group plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online clothing retailer in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. The company designs, sources, markets, and sells clothing, shoes, accessories, and beauty products for 16-to-45-year age customers. It provides its products under the boohoo, boohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing, Nasty Gal, MissPap, Karen Millen, Coast, Oasis, Warehouse, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, Burton, and Debenhams brands. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

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.