Beyond (NYSE:BYON) & 1stdibs.Com (NASDAQ:DIBS) Head to Head Analysis

Beyond (NYSE:BYON) and 1stdibs.Com (NASDAQ:DIBS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Beyond and 1stdibs.Com, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond	0	4	3	0	2.43
1stdibs.Com	0	0	1	0	3.00

Beyond presently has a consensus target price of $30.36, suggesting a potential upside of 151.30%. 1stdibs.Com has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.99%. Given Beyond’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Beyond is more favorable than 1stdibs.Com.

Volatility and Risk

Beyond has a beta of 3.7, suggesting that its share price is 270% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1stdibs.Com has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Beyond and 1stdibs.Com’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beyond	$1.56 billion	0.35	-$307.84 million	($8.15)	-1.48
1stdibs.Com	$84.68 million	2.10	-$22.70 million	($0.44)	-10.27

1stdibs.Com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beyond. 1stdibs.Com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beyond, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.3% of Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of 1stdibs.Com shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Beyond shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of 1stdibs.Com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Beyond and 1stdibs.Com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond	-23.67%	-32.05%	-19.91%
1stdibs.Com	-21.13%	-13.25%	-9.81%

Summary

1stdibs.Com beats Beyond on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About 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 1stdibs.Com

1stdibs.Com, Inc. operates an online marketplace for luxury design products worldwide. Its marketplace connects customers with sellers and makers of vintage, antique, and contemporary furniture; and home décor, jewelry, watches, art, and fashion products. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York.