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BBY vs. AMZN, COST, DKS, HD, LOW, TGT, WMT, GME, RAY, and TAIT

Should you be buying Best Buy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Best Buy include Amazon.com (AMZN), Costco Wholesale (COST), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Home Depot (HD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Target (TGT), Walmart (WMT), GameStop (GME), Raytech (RAY), and Taitron Components (TAIT).

Best Buy vs. Its Competitors

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Best Buy shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Best Buy's net margin of 2.13%. Best Buy's return on equity of 46.40% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amazon.com10.14% 24.14% 10.90%
Best Buy 2.13%46.40%8.86%

Amazon.com currently has a consensus target price of $246.41, indicating a potential upside of 12.33%. Best Buy has a consensus target price of $86.11, indicating a potential upside of 19.14%. Given Best Buy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Best Buy is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.98
Best Buy
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

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 Ratio
Amazon.com$637.96B3.65$59.25B$6.1435.73
Best Buy$41.53B0.37$927M$4.0917.67

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 265 more articles in the media than Best Buy. MarketBeat recorded 277 mentions for Amazon.com and 12 mentions for Best Buy. Best Buy's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.93 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
167 Very Positive mention(s)
43 Positive mention(s)
39 Neutral mention(s)
20 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Best Buy
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Best Buy has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Best Buy on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BBY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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BBY vs. The Competition

MetricBest BuyRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.28B$5.10B$25.90B$20.45B
Dividend Yield5.27%7.04%175.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio17.676.8529.1227.80
Price / Sales0.372.154.9249.81
Price / Cash5.679.1917.1518.22
Price / Book5.503.165.804.58
Net Income$927M-$122.98M$869.96M$982.91M
7 Day Performance2.31%3.88%1.50%1.31%
1 Month Performance-1.03%2.50%3.35%4.85%
1 Year Performance-15.45%-24.16%31.73%14.09%

Best Buy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BBY
Best Buy
4.8136 of 5 stars
$72.28
+2.5%
$86.11
+19.1%
-14.4%$15.28B$41.53B17.6785,000Positive News
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7399 of 5 stars
$219.67
-1.6%
$245.81
+11.9%
+11.7%$2.33T$637.96B35.781,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.5057 of 5 stars
$987.20
+0.2%
$1,034.79
+4.8%
+12.0%$437.80B$254.45B56.00333,000Trending News
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.9279 of 5 stars
$198.21
-2.3%
$219.56
+10.8%
+2.8%$15.87B$13.44B14.1856,100
HD
Home Depot
4.8588 of 5 stars
$366.69
-0.6%
$426.77
+16.4%
+9.8%$364.83B$162.95B24.88520,700Positive News
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.8518 of 5 stars
$221.94
-0.8%
$271.12
+22.2%
+5.2%$124.38B$83.67B18.39270,000Positive News
TGT
Target
4.829 of 5 stars
$98.74
-0.5%
$116.70
+18.2%
-30.2%$44.86B$106.57B10.85450,000
WMT
Walmart
4.773 of 5 stars
$97.60
+0.3%
$106.50
+9.1%
+41.7%$778.89B$680.99B41.712,100,000Trending News
GME
GameStop
2.013 of 5 stars
$24.04
+1.9%
$13.50
-43.8%
-6.7%$10.75B$3.67B52.266,000
RAY
Raytech
N/A$1.18
+12.4%
N/A-69.4%$20.78M$8.56M0.00N/AGap Up
TAIT
Taitron Components
2.9909 of 5 stars
$2.25
+3.7%
N/A-16.6%$13.55M$4.14M9.7810Positive News

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