Reviewing bpost (OTCMKTS:BPOSY) & Beachbody (NYSE:BODI)

bpost (OTCMKTS:BPOSY) and Beachbody (NYSE:BODI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

bpost has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beachbody has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares bpost and Beachbody”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
bpost	$4.68 billion	0.10	-$221.94 million	($1.53)	-1.54
Beachbody	$324.87 million	0.12	-$71.64 million	($8.48)	-0.67

Beachbody has lower revenue, but higher earnings than bpost. bpost is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beachbody, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

74.5% of Beachbody shares are held by institutional investors. 41.8% of Beachbody shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares bpost and Beachbody’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
bpost	-6.15%	4.71%	0.77%
Beachbody	-17.92%	-106.08%	-19.86%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for bpost and Beachbody, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
bpost	0	0	0	0	0.00
Beachbody	0	2	1	0	2.33

Beachbody has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.44%. Given Beachbody’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Beachbody is more favorable than bpost.

Summary

Beachbody beats bpost on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About bpost

bpost NV/SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides mail and parcel services to individuals, businesses, and public institutions in Belgium, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. It operates through Belgium, E-Logistics Eurasia, and E-Logistics North America segments. The company offers collection, transport, sorting, and distribution of addressed and non-addressed mail, printed documents, newspapers, periodicals, and parcels, as well as banking and financial products, e-commerce logistics, express delivery, and related services. It also provides transactional mails, advertising mails, press, domestic and international parcels, and logistic solutions; e-commerce fulfilment, including warehousing and handling of goods; e-commerce cross-border services, including custom duties services; operational back-office services, including call center, payment and financial, fraud and tax, administrative and document management services; and proximity and convenience services, such as the access to the network and over-the-counter service for different partners and sale of self-produced goods, as well as retail products and goods of partners, including bpost bank products; repair of electronics; and import services. The company was founded in 1830 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

About Beachbody

The Beachbody Company, Inc. operates as a subscription health and wellness company that provides fitness, nutrition, and stress-reducing programs in the United States and internationally. The company operates Beachbody on Demand, a digital subscription platform that provides access to a library of live and on-demand fitness and nutrition content; and Beachbody on Demand Interactive (BODi) for live fitness and nutrition programs. It also offers nutritional products, such as Shakeology, a nutrition shake; Beachbody Performance supplements comprising pre-workout energize, hydrate, post-workout recover, and protein supplement recharge products; BEACHBAR, a low-sugar snack bar; supplements under the LADDER brand; connected fitness products; and BODi Bike Studio, a package subscription to BODi with a bike and accessories. The Beachbody Company, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.