Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY – Get Free Report) and Genesco (NYSE:GCO – Get Free Report) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Bed Bath & Beyond and Genesco, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Genesco | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.60 |
Bed Bath & Beyond presently has a consensus target price of $8.67, suggesting a potential upside of 98.10%. Genesco has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.93%. Given Bed Bath & Beyond’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bed Bath & Beyond is more favorable than Genesco.
Volatility & Risk
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Bed Bath & Beyond and Genesco”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | $1.04 billion | 0.40 | -$84.62 million | ($1.14) | -3.84 |
| Genesco | $2.43 billion | 0.16 | $13.27 million | $3.84 | 9.20 |
Genesco has higher revenue and earnings than Bed Bath & Beyond. Bed Bath & Beyond is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genesco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Bed Bath & Beyond and Genesco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | -7.13% | -37.60% | -16.78% |
| Genesco | 1.71% | 3.13% | 1.19% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
76.3% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Genesco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of Genesco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Genesco beats Bed Bath & Beyond on 11 of the 15 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 Genesco
Genesco Inc. operates as a retailer and wholesaler of footwear, apparel, and accessories in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland. The company operates through four segments: Journeys Group, Schuh Group, Johnston & Murphy Group, and Genesco Brands. The Journeys Group segment offers footwear and accessories through the Journeys, Journeys Kidz, and Little Burgundy retail chains, as well as through e-commerce and catalogs for young men, women, and children. Its Schuh Group segment operates Schuh retail footwear stores that offer casual and athletic footwear, as well as sells footwear through e-commerce. The Johnston & Murphy Group segment involved in the retail and e-commerce operations; and wholesale distribution of men’s dress and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories, as well as women’s footwear and accessories. Its Genesco Brands Group segment markets footwear under the Levi’s, Dockers, and G.H. Bass brands for men, women, and children, as well as designs and manufactures the STARTER brands footwear. The company operates through Journeys, Journeys Kidz, Schuh, Little Burgundy, and Johnston & Murphy brand names; and e-commerce websites, including journeys.com, journeyskidz.com, journeys.ca, schuh.co.uk, schuh.ie, schuh.eu, johnstonmurphy.com, littleburgundyshoes.com, johnstonmurphy.ca, nashvilleshoewarehouse.com, and dockersshoes.com. Genesco Inc. was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
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