Best Buy (BBY) Competitors $76.97 +1.74 (+2.31%) Closing price 10/8/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$76.95 -0.02 (-0.03%) As of 06:39 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock BBY vs. AMZN, COST, SHOO, BC, DKS, HD, LOW, TGT, WMT, and GMEShould you be buying Best Buy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Best Buy include Amazon.com (AMZN), Costco Wholesale (COST), Steven Madden (SHOO), Brunswick (BC), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Home Depot (HD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Target (TGT), Walmart (WMT), and GameStop (GME). Best Buy vs. Its Competitors Amazon.com Costco Wholesale Steven Madden Brunswick DICK'S Sporting Goods Home Depot Lowe's Companies Target Walmart GameStop Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk. Do analysts recommend AMZN or BBY? Amazon.com currently has a consensus price target of $266.26, indicating a potential upside of 18.22%. Best Buy has a consensus price target of $81.69, indicating a potential upside of 6.13%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Best Buy.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Amazon.com 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 47 Buy rating(s) 3 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.04Best Buy 1 Sell rating(s) 10 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Is AMZN or BBY more profitable? Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Best Buy's net margin of 1.87%. Best Buy's return on equity of 47.32% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Amazon.com10.54% 23.84% 11.14% Best Buy 1.87%47.32%8.79% Which has more risk & volatility, AMZN or BBY? Amazon.com has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Best Buy has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer AMZN or BBY? In the previous week, Amazon.com had 213 more articles in the media than Best Buy. MarketBeat recorded 233 mentions for Amazon.com and 20 mentions for Best Buy. Best Buy's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.94 indicating that Best Buy is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Amazon.com 146 Very Positive mention(s) 38 Positive mention(s) 24 Neutral mention(s) 18 Negative mention(s) 4 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Best Buy 17 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do insiders and institutionals believe in AMZN or BBY? 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Best Buy shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Best Buy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has higher valuation and earnings, AMZN or BBY? Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Best Buy. Best Buy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAmazon.com$637.96B3.77$59.25B$6.5634.33Best Buy$41.53B0.39$927M$3.6221.26 SummaryAmazon.com beats Best Buy on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Best Buy News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BBY and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BBY vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBest BuyRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$15.81B$5.28B$27.63B$22.02BDividend Yield5.05%5.20%172.50%3.58%P/E Ratio21.267.0919.6529.86Price / Sales0.392.189.3164.52Price / Cash5.9113.7262.9324.43Price / Book5.863.015.154.64Net Income$927M-$172.17M$911.70M$1.01B7 Day Performance0.28%1.65%-1.04%0.44%1 Month Performance-0.19%-7.78%0.66%3.13%1 Year Performance-21.97%-25.33%15.32%15.30% Best Buy Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BBYBest Buy4.2592 of 5 stars$76.97+2.3%$81.69+6.1%-21.7%$15.81B$41.53B21.2685,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastAMZNAmazon.com4.7611 of 5 stars$222.16+1.1%$264.13+18.9%+23.3%$2.37T$637.96B33.871,556,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastCOSTCostco Wholesale4.8195 of 5 stars$916.87+0.1%$1,072.00+16.9%+2.7%$406.61B$275.24B50.35333,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastSHOOSteven Madden3.1999 of 5 stars$33.89+0.4%$31.80-6.2%-27.5%$2.46B$2.28B26.694,800Analyst ForecastBCBrunswick4.0086 of 5 stars$64.04+0.7%$67.00+4.6%-20.9%$4.18B$5.24B103.2915,000Analyst ForecastDKSDICK'S Sporting Goods4.8077 of 5 stars$219.97-3.6%$232.05+5.5%+10.6%$17.62B$13.44B15.3656,100Positive NewsAnalyst UpgradeHDHome Depot4.7366 of 5 stars$406.70-0.8%$436.40+7.3%-7.3%$404.82B$159.51B27.63520,700Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastLOWLowe's Companies4.8224 of 5 stars$253.35-1.5%$285.50+12.7%-13.0%$142.09B$83.67B20.82270,000Positive NewsDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastTGTTarget4.8919 of 5 stars$88.75+1.0%$110.48+24.5%-40.3%$40.33B$106.57B10.34440,000Analyst ForecastWMTWalmart4.56 of 5 stars$103.01-0.1%$112.38+9.1%+29.1%$821.28B$680.99B38.732,100,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastGMEGameStop2.3161 of 5 stars$27.18+2.9%$13.50-50.3%+18.2%$12.17B$3.82B37.236,000Analyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AMZN Alternatives COST Alternatives SHOO Alternatives BC Alternatives DKS Alternatives HD Alternatives LOW Alternatives TGT Alternatives WMT Alternatives GME Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BBY) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMagnificent 7 being replaced by the “Hidden 7”?BULLISH: It's time to buy this 'hidden' AI stock An award-winning stock-rating system has turned BULLISH on...Chaikin Analytics | SponsoredAn $8 trillion-dollar discovery 17,000 ft underwater A strange rock pulled from the ocean floor may hold the key to a $16 trillion resource boom. 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