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GameStop (GME) Competitors

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$29.76 -1.50 (-4.80%)
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GME vs. BBY, LULU, FLUT, TCOM, EA, LVS, DKNG, RBLX, TTWO, and LYV

Should you be buying GameStop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GameStop include Best Buy (BBY), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Flutter Entertainment (FLUT), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Electronic Arts (EA), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), DraftKings (DKNG), Roblox (RBLX), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), and Live Nation Entertainment (LYV).

GameStop vs.

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

Best Buy pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. GameStop pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Best Buy pays out 64.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GameStop pays out 844.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Best Buy has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

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$42.23B0.44$1.24B$5.8514.79
GameStop$4.33B3.07$6.70M$0.18165.33

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 insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of GameStop shares are owned 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.

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 Buy3.01% 45.93% 9.08%
GameStop 1.45%2.11%1.46%

Best Buy currently has a consensus price target of $101.06, indicating a potential upside of 16.77%. GameStop has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 66.40%. Given Best Buy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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

Best Buy received 266 more outperform votes than GameStop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.75% of users gave Best Buy an outperform vote while only 73.40% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Best BuyOutperform Votes
1596
73.75%
Underperform Votes
568
26.25%
GameStopOutperform Votes
1330
73.40%
Underperform Votes
482
26.60%

Best Buy has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GameStop has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Best Buy had 5 more articles in the media than GameStop. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Best Buy and 23 mentions for GameStop. Best Buy's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat GameStop's score of 0.92 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
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GameStop
12 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Best Buy beats GameStop on 18 of the 22 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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GME vs. The Competition

MetricGameStopComputer & software stores IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.30B$13.69B$8.50B$19.48B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.74%3.51%
P/E Ratio165.34170.2918.5543.10
Price / Sales3.073.165.7817.54
Price / Cash120.25120.2533.4521.73
Price / Book2.772.855.615.40
Net Income$6.70M$6.70M$267.24M$987.88M
7 Day Performance2.62%5.69%-1.81%-3.32%
1 Month Performance12.60%15.97%2.73%-0.39%
1 Year Performance66.54%71.52%13.10%15.14%

GameStop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GME
GameStop
2.5059 of 5 stars
$29.76
-4.8%
$10.00
-66.4%
+81.3%$13.30B$4.33B165.348,000Analyst Revision
BBY
Best Buy
4.9562 of 5 stars
$87.90
+1.4%
$101.06
+15.0%
+13.2%$18.87B$42.23B14.9885,000Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Positive News
LULU
Lululemon Athletica
3.8957 of 5 stars
$403.77
+1.7%
$377.63
-6.5%
-20.5%$49.57B$10.18B28.6738,000Positive News
FLUT
Flutter Entertainment
4.067 of 5 stars
$279.13
+1.6%
$301.53
+8.0%
+221.9%$49.56B$13.57B0.0023,053Positive News
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.062 of 5 stars
$72.21
+0.3%
$74.18
+2.7%
+121.0%$46.51B$48.74B21.5636,249
EA
Electronic Arts
4.5822 of 5 stars
$164.44
-0.5%
$165.37
+0.6%
+11.5%$43.13B$7.56B42.4913,700Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
LVS
Las Vegas Sands
3.7017 of 5 stars
$54.91
+0.1%
$58.00
+5.6%
+12.1%$39.81B$11.32B26.9938,700Analyst Revision
DKNG
DraftKings
4.6065 of 5 stars
$42.31
+1.5%
$51.04
+20.6%
+15.2%$37.26B$4.61B-47.394,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
RBLX
Roblox
2.2556 of 5 stars
$60.39
+7.3%
$55.30
-8.4%
+39.5%$36.69B$3.36B-36.512,457
TTWO
Take-Two Interactive Software
4.1128 of 5 stars
$189.65
+2.3%
$195.50
+3.1%
+16.1%$33.31B$5.46B-8.8812,371Analyst Forecast
Positive News
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.0898 of 5 stars
$135.63
+0.9%
$142.13
+4.8%
+48.2%$31.51B$23.32B142.9331,700Analyst Revision
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GME) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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