GME vs. BBY, EA, DKNG, LVS, WYNN, MGM, LNW, CHDN, BYD, and RRR
Should you be buying GameStop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GameStop include Best Buy (BBY), Electronic Arts (EA), DraftKings (DKNG), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Light & Wonder (LNW), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Boyd Gaming (BYD), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR).
GameStop vs. Its Competitors
GameStop (NYSE:GME) and Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) are both large-cap computer & electronics retail companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
GameStop presently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential downside of 43.66%. Best Buy has a consensus target price of $86.11, indicating a potential upside of 20.25%. Given Best Buy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Best Buy is more favorable than GameStop.
GameStop has a net margin of 5.67% compared to Best Buy's net margin of 2.13%. Best Buy's return on equity of 46.40% beat GameStop's return on equity.
In the previous week, GameStop had 1 more articles in the media than Best Buy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for GameStop and 13 mentions for Best Buy. Best Buy's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat GameStop's score of 0.00 indicating that Best Buy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GameStop has a beta of -0.81, meaning that its share price is 181% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Best Buy has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
29.2% of GameStop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Best Buy shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of GameStop shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Best Buy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Best Buy beats GameStop on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GME and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (NYSE:GME) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
