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GameStop (GME) Competitors

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$26.56 -0.81 (-2.96%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

GME vs. BBY, TCOM, EA, LULU, LVS, DKNG, RBLX, TTWO, ONON, and LYV

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

GameStop vs.

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

In the previous week, Best Buy had 4 more articles in the media than GameStop. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Best Buy and 13 mentions for GameStop. Best Buy's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat GameStop's score of 0.93 indicating that Best Buy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GameStop
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Best Buy
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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

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

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
GameStop0.93% 1.79% 1.06%
Best Buy 2.96%47.19%9.14%

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
GameStop$5.27B2.26$6.70M$0.13214.79
Best Buy$43.45B0.46$1.24B$5.8015.98

GameStop presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 64.18%. Best Buy has a consensus price target of $103.35, indicating a potential upside of 11.52%. Given Best Buy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Best Buy is more favorable than GameStop.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GameStop
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Best Buy
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Best Buy received 259 more outperform votes than GameStop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.77% of users gave Best Buy an outperform vote while only 73.44% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GameStopOutperform Votes
1330
73.44%
Underperform Votes
481
26.56%
Best BuyOutperform Votes
1589
73.77%
Underperform Votes
565
26.23%

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GME vs. The Competition

MetricGameStopComputer & software stores IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.91B$11.85B$8.28B$19.87B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.73%3.49%
P/E Ratio214.79208.3215.9839.26
Price / Sales2.262.257.7220.09
Price / Cash109.84109.8433.9621.66
Price / Book6.376.343.644.66
Net Income$6.70M$6.70M$262.35M$982.42M
7 Day Performance12.08%11.52%-2.67%-1.84%
1 Month Performance31.20%30.55%-0.70%0.96%
1 Year Performance110.40%109.34%15.12%24.08%

GameStop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GME
GameStop
2.2303 of 5 stars
$26.56
-3.0%
$10.00
-62.3%
+112.1%$11.33B$5.27B204.328,000Gap Up
BBY
Best Buy
4.8414 of 5 stars
$89.18
-1.0%
N/A+37.8%$19.15B$43.45B15.3885,000Positive News
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.5159 of 5 stars
$65.48
-4.3%
N/A+69.5%$42.18B$6.27B22.9036,249Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
EA
Electronic Arts
4.4159 of 5 stars
$157.91
-1.3%
N/A+22.1%$41.42B$7.56B40.5913,700Positive News
LULU
Lululemon Athletica
4.3939 of 5 stars
$308.53
-2.1%
N/A-23.3%$38.45B$9.62B23.8438,000Positive News
LVS
Las Vegas Sands
4.4915 of 5 stars
$50.39
-2.1%
N/A-1.9%$36.76B$10.37B24.9538,700Insider Selling
DKNG
DraftKings
4.3172 of 5 stars
$40.13
+3.0%
N/A+11.1%$35.26B$3.67B-45.094,400Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
RBLX
Roblox
3.0436 of 5 stars
$52.40
-1.3%
N/A+34.4%$31.84B$2.80B-31.952,457Short Interest ↓
TTWO
Take-Two Interactive Software
4.0893 of 5 stars
$177.90
-0.7%
N/A+18.3%$31.18B$5.46B-8.4112,371Insider Selling
Positive News
ONON
ON
3.0045 of 5 stars
$51.52
+2.3%
N/A+107.8%$29.95B$2.00B97.212,353Analyst Forecast
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.2688 of 5 stars
$123.00
-1.3%
N/A+45.2%$29.02B$22.75B116.0431,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:GME) was last updated on 11/15/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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