Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY) versus Ocado Group (OTCMKTS:OCDDY) Head-To-Head Review

Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY) and Ocado Group (OTCMKTS:OCDDY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bed Bath & Beyond	$1.04 billion	0.42	-$84.62 million	($0.95)	-6.26
Ocado Group	$1.81 billion	1.15	$531.74 million	N/A	N/A

Ocado Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bed Bath & Beyond.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Bed Bath & Beyond and Ocado Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bed Bath & Beyond	1	3	1	0	2.00
Ocado Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bed Bath & Beyond currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.57%. Given Bed Bath & Beyond’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bed Bath & Beyond is more favorable than Ocado Group.

Volatility & Risk

Bed Bath & Beyond has a beta of 2.86, suggesting that its stock price is 186% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocado Group has a beta of 2.23, suggesting that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bed Bath & Beyond	-5.76%	-27.60%	-12.99%
Ocado Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.3% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 Ocado Group

Ocado Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online grocery retailer in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Technology Solutions, Ocado Logistics, and Ocado Retail. It offers online grocery and general merchandise; and customer fulfillment centers and logistics services. The company is involved in the software and robotics platform business that provides the Ocado Smart Platform as a managed service, as well as offers Ocado Intelligent Automation that sells its technology to warehouse environments in non-grocery markets. In addition, the company provides online retail and automated storage and retrieval solutions for general merchandise to corporations. Ocado Group plc was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom.