BNED vs. CNVS, CTHR, VEDU, SALM, CHSN, NCL, GV, DOGZ, EEIQ, and CSSE
Should you be buying Barnes & Noble Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnes & Noble Education include Cineverse (CNVS), Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (CTHR), Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group (VEDU), Salem Media Group (SALM), Chanson International (CHSN), Northann (NCL), Visionary (GV), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), EpicQuest Education Group International (EEIQ), and Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Cineverse (NASDAQ:CNVS) and Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Cineverse has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barnes & Noble Education. Cineverse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnes & Noble Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barnes & Noble Education received 217 more outperform votes than Cineverse when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.15% of users gave Barnes & Noble Education an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Cineverse an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Barnes & Noble Education had 1 more articles in the media than Cineverse. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Barnes & Noble Education and 2 mentions for Cineverse. Cineverse's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Barnes & Noble Education's score of 0.00 indicating that Barnes & Noble Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
8.2% of Cineverse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of Cineverse shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cineverse has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnes & Noble Education has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barnes & Noble Education has a net margin of -5.22% compared to Barnes & Noble Education's net margin of -18.84%. Barnes & Noble Education's return on equity of -24.65% beat Cineverse's return on equity.
Cineverse presently has a consensus price target of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 845.01%. Barnes & Noble Education has a consensus price target of $2.63, indicating a potential upside of 746.23%. Given Barnes & Noble Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cineverse is more favorable than Barnes & Noble Education.
Summary
Barnes & Noble Education beats Cineverse on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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