Analyzing dELiA*s (OTCMKTS:DLIAQ) and Beyond (NYSE:BYON)

Beyond (NYSE:BYON) and dELiA*s (OTCMKTS:DLIAQ) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Beyond and dELiA*s’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beyond	$1.56 billion	0.40	-$307.84 million	($8.15)	-1.65
dELiA*s	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

dELiA*s has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beyond.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Beyond and dELiA*s, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond	0	4	3	0	2.43
dELiA*s	0	0	0	0	N/A

Beyond presently has a consensus price target of $30.36, indicating a potential upside of 131.20%.

Profitability

This table compares Beyond and dELiA*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%
dELiA*s	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Beyond has a beta of 3.7, indicating that its share price is 270% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, dELiA*s has a beta of 2.94, indicating that its share price is 194% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

76.3% of Beyond shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Beyond shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of dELiA*s shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 dELiA*s

dELiA*s, Inc. operates as a multi-channel retail company, primarily marketing to teenage girls in the United States. The company sells various product categories to consumers through its Website, direct mail catalogs, and retail stores. It develops, markets, and sells a collection of apparel, dresses, swimwear, footwear, outerwear, and accessories primarily for teenage girls under the dELiA*s name. As of May 3, 2014, the company operated 99 stores. It also develops, markets, and sells third-party brands. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Costa Mesa, California.