Best Buy (BBY) Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Best Buy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BBY shares.
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15 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Best Buy's stock. Their BBY share price forecasts range from $69.00 to $91.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $80.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.5% from the stock's current price.
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Best Buy's stock was trading at $80.21 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BBY shares have decreased by 13.7% and is now trading at $69.25.
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Best Buy saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 10,040,000 shares, a drop of 6.3% from the August 15th total of 10,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,290,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 5.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 28th 2023.
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Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 29th. The technology retailer reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.16. The technology retailer earned $9.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.52 billion. Best Buy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 49.40% and a net margin of 2.91%. Best Buy's revenue was down 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.54 EPS.
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Best Buy declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 29th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 19th will be given a dividend of $0.92 per share on Tuesday, October 10th. This represents a $3.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 18th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (RDIV), WBI Power Factor High Dividend ETF (WBIY), The Acquirers Fund (ZIG), ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG), AAM S&P 500 High Dividend Value ETF (SPDV), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RCD), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RSPD) and Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY).

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.31%. BBY has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 20 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 63.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BBY will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.88% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Best Buy issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.00-$6.40 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.08. The company issued revenue guidance of $43.80 billion-$44.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $44.30 billion.

1,251 employees have rated Best Buy Chief Executive Officer Corie Barry on Glassdoor.com. Corie Barry has an approval rating of 75% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Best Buy investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC), Home Depot (HD), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Micron Technology (MU), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Best Buy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BBY."

Best Buy's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.35%), State Street Corp (4.62%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.02%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.95%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.22%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.19%). Insiders that own company stock include Allison Peterson, Brian A Tilzer, Corie S Barry, Corie S Barry, Damien Harmon, Deborah Disanzo Eldracher, Jason J Bonfig, Kathleen Scarlett, Mario Jesus Marte, Mathew Watson, Matthew M Bilunas, Matthew M Bilunas, Rajendra M Mohan, Rajendra M Mohan, Richard M Schulze, Robert L Bass and Todd G Hartman.
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Shares of BBY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BBY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.25.

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) has a market capitalization of $15.07 billion and generates $46.30 billion in revenue each year. The technology retailer earns $1.42 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.81 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 90,000 workers across the globe.

Best Buy's mailing address is 7601 PENN AVE SOUTH, RICHFIELD MN, 55423. The official website for the company is www.bestbuy.com. The technology retailer can be reached via phone at (612) 291-1000, via email at investorrelations@bestbuy.com, or via fax at 612-292-4001.