Beyond (NYSE:BYON) versus Airborne Wireless Network (OTCMKTS:ABWN) Head-To-Head Analysis

Beyond (NYSE:BYON) and Airborne Wireless Network (OTCMKTS:ABWN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Beyond and Airborne Wireless Network, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond	0	2	4	0	2.67
Airborne Wireless Network	0	0	0	0	N/A

Beyond presently has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 74.69%.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Beyond and Airborne Wireless Network’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beyond	$1.56 billion	0.65	-$307.84 million	($6.80)	-3.28
Airborne Wireless Network	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Airborne Wireless Network has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beyond.

Profitability

This table compares Beyond and Airborne Wireless Network’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond	-19.72%	-16.92%	-11.38%
Airborne Wireless Network	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Beyond has a beta of 3.76, meaning that its stock price is 276% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airborne Wireless Network has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Beyond beats Airborne Wireless Network on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 Airborne Wireless Network

Airborne Wireless Network, a development stage company, focuses on developing, marketing, and licensing a fully-meshed high-speed broadband airborne wireless network by linking aircraft in flight. It focuses on developing Infinitus, a high-speed broadband airborne wireless network that would enable participating aircraft to act as an airborne repeater or router, sending and receiving broadband signals from one aircraft to another. It intends to sell broadband wireless bandwidth to the telecommunications companies and Internet service providers. The company was formerly known as Ample-Tee, Inc. and changed its name to Airborne Wireless Network in May 2016. Airborne Wireless Network was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Simi Valley, California.