GME vs. BBY, CONN, CVNA, QSR, BLDR, WSM, ULTA, DRI, DPZ, and DKS
Should you be buying GameStop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GameStop include Best Buy (BBY), Conn's (CONN), Carvana (CVNA), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), and DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and GameStop (NYSE:GME) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Best Buy has a net margin of 2.86% compared to Best Buy's net margin of 0.13%. GameStop's return on equity of 48.45% beat Best Buy's return on equity.
Best Buy received 239 more outperform votes than GameStop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.90% of users gave Best Buy an outperform vote while only 73.85% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, GameStop had 19 more articles in the media than Best Buy. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for GameStop and 22 mentions for Best Buy. GameStop's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Best Buy's score of 0.29 indicating that Best Buy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of GameStop shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Best Buy has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GameStop has a beta of -0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Best Buy presently has a consensus target price of $84.64, indicating a potential upside of 16.85%. GameStop has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential downside of 67.82%. Given GameStop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Best Buy is more favorable than GameStop.
Summary
Best Buy beats GameStop on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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