Best Buy (BBY) Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Best Buy in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" BBY shares.
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17 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Best Buy's shares. Their BBY share price forecasts range from $62.00 to $91.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $78.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price.
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Best Buy's stock was trading at $80.21 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BBY shares have decreased by 8.7% and is now trading at $73.21.
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Best Buy saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 11,640,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the April 15th total of 10,410,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.2 days. Approximately 6.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 29th 2023.
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Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 25th. The technology retailer reported $1.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.03. The technology retailer earned $9.47 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.53 billion. Best Buy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 51.95% and a net margin of 2.93%. Best Buy's quarterly revenue was down 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.57 EPS.
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Best Buy declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.92 per share on Thursday, July 6th. This represents a $3.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) stock in their portfolio include WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund (WTV), Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (RDIV), Vesper U.S. Large Cap Short-Term Reversal Strategy ETF (UTRN), Acquirers Fund ETF (ZIG), Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY), 2ndVote Society Defended ETF (EGIS), ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) and AAM S&P 500 High Dividend Value ETF (SPDV).

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.05%. 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 62.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BBY will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.41% 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, May, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.70-$6.50 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $6.17. The company issued revenue guidance of $43.80 billion-$45.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $44.53 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.97%), State Street Corp (4.64%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.52%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.96%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.93%) and FMR LLC (1.28%). 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, Matthew M Furman, Rajendra M Mohan, Rajendra M Mohan, Richard M Schulze, Robert L Bass, Todd G Hartman, Todd G Hartman, Whitney L Alexander and Whitney L Alexander.
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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 $73.21.

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) has a market capitalization of $16.01 billion and generates $46.30 billion in revenue each year. The technology retailer earns $1.42 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.91 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.