Best Buy Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BBY)

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, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BBY shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BBY, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Best Buy's stock. Their BBY share price targets range from $65.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $75.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% 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 8.5% and is now trading at $73.42.
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Best Buy saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 13,760,000 shares, an increase of 7.8% from the October 31st total of 12,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,570,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.4 days. Currently, 7.1% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 7th 2024.
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Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 21st. The technology retailer reported $1.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.19 by $0.10. The technology retailer earned $9.76 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. Best Buy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 49.13% and a net margin of 2.93%. The company's revenue was down 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.38 earnings per share.
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Best Buy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 21st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 12th will be given a dividend of $0.92 per share on Tuesday, January 2nd. This represents a $3.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.01%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 11th.
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Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.19%. 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 63.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BBY will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.14% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.00-$6.30 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.19. The company issued revenue guidance of $43.1-$43.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $44.14 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's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.06%), Invesco Ltd. (1.59%), Northern Trust Corp (1.28%), Morgan Stanley (1.24%), Raymond James & Associates (1.20%) and Federated Hermes Inc. (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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