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 brokerages 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.8% from the stock's current price.
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Best Buy's stock was trading at $80.21 at the start of the year. Since then, BBY shares have decreased by 13.9% and is now trading at $69.08.
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Best Buy saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,640,000 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the August 31st total of 10,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,180,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.9 days. Currently, 5.5% of the shares of the stock 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 earnings results on Tuesday, August, 29th. The technology retailer reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.16. The technology retailer had revenue of $9.58 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.52 billion. Best Buy had a net margin of 2.91% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 49.40%. Best Buy's quarterly revenue was down 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.54 EPS.
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Best Buy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 29th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.92 per share on Tuesday, October 10th. This represents a $3.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.33%. The ex-dividend date 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), Acquirers Fund ETF (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 5.30%. 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 updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 29th. The company provided EPS 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."

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 $69.08.

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) has a market capitalization of $15.03 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.