Beyond (BYON) & Its Peers Financial Survey

Beyond (NASDAQ:BYON) is one of 51 publicly-traded companies in the “Catalog & mail – order houses” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Beyond to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

71.3% of Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.7% of shares of all “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Beyond shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of shares of all “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies are held 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 Beyond and its peers’ 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	-15.42%	-64.11%	-11.82%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Beyond and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond	0	0	0	0	N/A
Beyond Competitors	121	934	3039	46	2.73

As a group, “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies have a potential upside of 12.78%. Given Beyond’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Beyond has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Beyond has a beta of 3.66, suggesting that its stock price is 266% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond’s peers have a beta of 0.72, suggesting that their average stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beyond	$1.58 billion	-$35.24 million	-4.49
Beyond Competitors	$17.43 billion	-$177.81 million	3.13

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

Summary

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

Beyond Company Profile

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.