Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (BNED) vs 1-800 FLOWERS.COM, Inc. (FLWS)

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc and 1-800 FLOWERS.COM, Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $385.8M against $181.0M — 2.1× the size. 1-800 FLOWERS.COM, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Barnes & Noble Education, Inc trades at 17.5×. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.03% against −10.8%. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc has the higher net margin (1.29% vs −8.96%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.73% vs −29.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc leads on 13 and 1-800 FLOWERS.COM, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BNED FLWS Specialty Retail median
P/E 17.48 n/m 17.14
P/S 0.23 0.11 0.48
P/B 1.41 1.19 1.71
Price to free cash flow 8.04 n/m 13.04
EV/EBITDA 9.41 n/m 8.92
EV/Sales 0.43 0.20 0.64
Earnings yield 5.72% (78.36%) 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 12.44% (7.57%) 3.02%

Profitability

Metric BNED FLWS Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 21.42% 38.00% 37.89%
Operating margin 2.47% (8.45%) 3.66%
Net margin 1.29% (8.96%) 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 2.84% (0.86%) 1.44%
Return on equity 8.31% (65.43%) 2.58%
Return on assets 2.47% (19.12%) 0.25%
Return on invested capital 6.73% (29.59%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric BNED FLWS Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.03% (10.81%) 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 119.60% 32.59% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.04% (6.66%) 3.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BNED FLWS Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.44 0.95 0.27
Current ratio 1.66 0.92 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 0.86 (4.63) 0.24

Dividend

Metric BNED FLWS Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield — — 1.73%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric BNED FLWS Specialty Retail median
Market cap 385.82m 181.00m 348.57m

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