Best Buy (BBY) Competitors

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and GameStop (NYSE:GME) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BBY or GME?

Best Buy received 266 more outperform votes than GameStop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.68% of users gave Best Buy an outperform vote while only 73.40% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Best Buy	Outperform Votes 1596 73.68%	Underperform Votes 570 26.32%
GameStop	Outperform Votes 1330 73.40%	Underperform Votes 482 26.60%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BBY or GME?

Best Buy has higher revenue and earnings than GameStop. Best Buy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GameStop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Best Buy	$43.45B	0.45	$1.24B	$5.85	15.55
GameStop	$5.27B	2.29	$6.70M	$0.18	150.04

Do analysts recommend BBY or GME?

Best Buy currently has a consensus target price of $101.72, suggesting a potential upside of 11.80%. GameStop has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 62.97%. Given Best Buy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Best Buy is more favorable than GameStop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Best Buy	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
GameStop	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Does the media refer more to BBY or GME?

In the previous week, GameStop had 11 more articles in the media than Best Buy. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for GameStop and 16 mentions for Best Buy. Best Buy's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat GameStop's score of 0.52 indicating that Best Buy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Best Buy	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GameStop	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BBY or GME?

81.0% of Best Buy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of GameStop shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Best Buy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of GameStop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BBY or GME more profitable?

Best Buy has a net margin of 3.01% compared to GameStop's net margin of 1.45%. Best Buy's return on equity of 45.93% beat GameStop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Best Buy	3.01%	45.93%	9.08%
GameStop	1.45%	2.11%	1.46%

Which has more volatility & risk, BBY or GME?

Best Buy has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GameStop has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Best Buy beats GameStop on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.