Barnes & Noble Education vs Dick's Sporting Goods
BNED and DKS side by side, both in miscellaneous retail. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BNED and DKS compare
Dick's Sporting Goods is the larger company, worth 29 times as much as Barnes & Noble Education ($12.8B against $439M).
On earnings, Dick's Sporting Goods is cheaper: it trades at 15.5× trailing earnings, against 19.8× for Barnes & Noble Education.
Dick's Sporting Goods grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (53.5% versus 5.0% for Barnes & Noble Education).
Dick's Sporting Goods keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.0% compared with 1.3% at Barnes & Noble Education.
Both pay dividends: Barnes & Noble Education yields 1.3% and Dick's Sporting Goods 3.5%.
Barnes & Noble Education scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 10 for Dick's Sporting Goods), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BNED | DKS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $439M | $12.8B |
| Share price | $12.67 | $143.84 |
| Change, 1 year | 39.5% | −36.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −98.8% | 10.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.51 | 1.10 |
| Employees | 6,500 | 105K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 10 |
| Valuation score | 3 | 3 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.8× | 15.5× (better) |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 0.6× |
| P/B | 1.6× (better) | 2.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.8× (better) | 6.7× |
| P/FCF | 9.0× (better) | 53.4× |
| FCF yield | 11.1% (better) | 1.9% |
| Fair value | $15.64 | $171.72 |
| Margin of safety | 19.0% (better) | 16.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.0% | 53.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.0% | 12.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 12.1% (better) | −28.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −36.0% | −35.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 11.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 32.1% (better) |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 5.5% (better) |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 4.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 2.8% (better) | 1.1% |
| Return on equity | 8.3% | 18.5% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 13.2% | 24.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 16.4× |
| Current ratio | 1.66 (better) | 1.48 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.82 | 2.70 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | 3.5% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 52.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 31.1% |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.3% | 4.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 76.6% | 77.7% |
| Held by insiders | 72.8% | 73.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.4M (better) | −$42.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 20.0% | 48.0% |
Go deeper
- BNED stock overview
- BNED income statement
- BNED valuation and score
- DKS stock overview
- DKS income statement
- DKS valuation and score
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