Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED – Get Free Report) and Maison Solutions (NASDAQ:MSS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation and risk.
Risk and Volatility
Barnes & Noble Education has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maison Solutions has a beta of 3.86, indicating that its stock price is 286% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Barnes & Noble Education and Maison Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Barnes & Noble Education | $1.73 billion | 0.27 | -$65.82 million | ($0.32) | -42.61 |
| Maison Solutions | $124.22 million | 0.02 | $1.17 million | ($5.30) | -0.13 |
Maison Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnes & Noble Education. Barnes & Noble Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maison Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Barnes & Noble Education and Maison Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Barnes & Noble Education | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Maison Solutions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Barnes & Noble Education currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.01%. Maison Solutions has a consensus target price of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4,569.54%. Given Maison Solutions’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Maison Solutions is more favorable than Barnes & Noble Education.
Profitability
This table compares Barnes & Noble Education and Maison Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Barnes & Noble Education | -0.57% | -20.37% | -5.70% |
| Maison Solutions | -10.56% | -93.48% | -12.74% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
38.5% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Maison Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.7% of Maison Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Barnes & Noble Education beats Maison Solutions on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Barnes & Noble Education
Barnes and Noble Education, Inc. engages in the management and operation of bookstore chains in universities. It operates through the Retail and Wholesale segments. The Retail segment operates college, university, and K-12 school bookstores, physical bookstores, and virtual bookstores. The Wholesale segment sells and distributes new and used textbooks to physical bookstores. The company was founded by Leonard S, Riggio in 1965 and is headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ.
About Maison Solutions
Maison Solutions Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as the specialty grocery retailer in California. The company offers perishable products, such as meat, seafood, vegetables, and fruit; non-perishable products, including grocery products comprising cooking utensils, canned foods, Chinese and Asian seasonings and spices, and snacks, as well as liquor, cigarette, lottery, newspaper, reusable bag, non-food, and health products, and general merchandise, beauty care, pharmacy, fuel, and other items and services in its stores. It also offers its products online. The company was formerly known as Maison International, Inc. and changed its name to Maison Solutions Inc. in September 2021. Maison Solutions Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Monterey Park, California.
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