Contrasting Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY) & PSQ (NYSE:PSQH)

PSQ (NYSE:PSQH) and Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for PSQ and Bed Bath & Beyond, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PSQ	1	0	1	0	2.00
Bed Bath & Beyond	1	3	2	0	2.17

PSQ currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 303.69%. Bed Bath & Beyond has a consensus target price of $10.20, suggesting a potential upside of 62.84%. Given PSQ’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PSQ is more favorable than Bed Bath & Beyond.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

17.3% of PSQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of PSQ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

PSQ has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bed Bath & Beyond has a beta of 2.85, indicating that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares PSQ and Bed Bath & Beyond”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PSQ	$23.20 million	1.73	-$57.69 million	($1.20)	-0.72
Bed Bath & Beyond	$1.39 billion	0.31	-$258.80 million	($2.81)	-2.23

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

Profitability

This table compares PSQ and Bed Bath & Beyond’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PSQ	-178.95%	-184.74%	-62.82%
Bed Bath & Beyond	-13.50%	-57.26%	-23.83%

Summary

Bed Bath & Beyond beats PSQ on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PSQ

PSQ Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online marketplace through advertising and eCommerce in the United States. It operates through two segments, Marketplace and Brands segments. The PSQ platform is accessible through its mobile application and website. The company also sells diapers and wipes to mothers online under the EveryLife brand name. PSQ Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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.