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Best Buy (BBY) Competitors

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$92.66 +1.08 (+1.18%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

BBY vs. GME, IZM, ORLY, CVS, TGT, JD, AZO, CVNA, FAST, and ROST

Should you be buying Best Buy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Best Buy include GameStop (GME), ICZOOM Group (IZM), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), CVS Health (CVS), Target (TGT), JD.com (JD), AutoZone (AZO), Carvana (CVNA), Fastenal (FAST), and Ross Stores (ROST).

Best Buy vs.

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

In the previous week, Best Buy had 10 more articles in the media than GameStop. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Best Buy and 9 mentions for GameStop. Best Buy's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat GameStop's score of 0.76 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
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
GameStop
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Best Buy has a net margin of 2.96% compared to GameStop's net margin of 0.93%. Best Buy's return on equity of 47.19% beat GameStop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Best Buy2.96% 47.19% 9.14%
GameStop 0.93%1.79%1.06%

Best Buy presently has a consensus target price of $103.35, suggesting a potential upside of 11.54%. GameStop has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 62.39%. Given Best Buy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
GameStop
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Best Buy has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GameStop has a beta of -0.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Best Buy received 259 more outperform votes than GameStop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.74% of users gave Best Buy an outperform vote while only 73.44% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Best BuyOutperform Votes
1589
73.74%
Underperform Votes
566
26.26%
GameStopOutperform Votes
1330
73.44%
Underperform Votes
481
26.56%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Best Buy$43.45B0.46$1.24B$5.8015.98
GameStop$5.27B2.15$6.70M$0.13204.55

Summary

Best Buy beats GameStop on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BBY vs. The Competition

MetricBest BuyRadio, television, & electronic stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.90B$9.96B$23.96B$19.76B
Dividend Yield4.15%4.15%171.34%3.50%
P/E Ratio15.985.33100.1137.06
Price / Sales0.460.272.5317.77
Price / Cash8.448.4419.9621.54
Price / Book6.547.536.774.64
Net Income$1.24B-$60.79M$689.25M$982.94M
7 Day Performance3.88%2.71%-2.81%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-3.75%0.66%0.81%-0.39%
1 Year Performance35.83%-14.69%15.12%23.34%

Best Buy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BBY
Best Buy
4.8528 of 5 stars
$92.66
+1.2%
$103.35
+11.5%
+38.8%$19.90B$43.45B15.9885,000Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
GME
GameStop
2.3613 of 5 stars
$24.88
+6.1%
N/A+112.0%$10.61B$5.27B191.408,000Gap Up
IZM
ICZOOM Group
0.3292 of 5 stars
$2.12
-3.6%
N/A-79.4%$15.20M$177.93M0.00109News Coverage
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
4.55 of 5 stars
$1,217.70
+0.3%
N/A+24.8%$70.64B$15.81B30.1390,302Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CVS
CVS Health
4.9993 of 5 stars
$55.54
-2.7%
N/A-22.1%$69.89B$357.78B14.10300,000Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
TGT
Target
4.8773 of 5 stars
$149.78
-0.7%
N/A+17.1%$69.00B$107.30B15.47415,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
JD
JD.com
4.8384 of 5 stars
$38.35
-7.0%
N/A+24.6%$60.48B$152.77B13.95425,469Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
Gap Up
AZO
AutoZone
4.4294 of 5 stars
$3,110.12
-1.3%
N/A+16.9%$52.57B$18.49B20.77126,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CVNA
Carvana
3.524 of 5 stars
$244.35
+1.2%
N/A+644.3%$50.73B$12.55B24,459.4613,700Analyst Revision
Positive News
FAST
Fastenal
4.544 of 5 stars
$83.33
+0.3%
N/A+34.9%$47.74B$7.35B41.4623,201Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
Positive News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.8343 of 5 stars
$143.40
+1.0%
N/A+17.1%$47.57B$20.38B23.13108,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:BBY) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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