Best Buy (BBY) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BBY or GME?

Best Buy currently has a consensus target price of $93.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.90%. GameStop has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 57.09%. Given Best Buy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Best Buy is more favorable than GameStop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Best Buy	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
GameStop	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, BBY or GME?

Best Buy has higher revenue and earnings than GameStop. Best Buy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GameStop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Best Buy	$41.53B	0.38	$1.24B	$4.27	17.12
GameStop	$4.33B	2.40	$6.70M	$0.18	129.47

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BBY or GME?

81.0% of Best Buy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of GameStop shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Best Buy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of GameStop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BBY or GME a better dividend stock?

Best Buy pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. GameStop pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Best Buy pays out 89.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GameStop pays out 844.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Best Buy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

Is BBY or GME more profitable?

Best Buy has a net margin of 3.01% compared to GameStop's net margin of 1.45%. Best Buy's return on equity of 45.93% beat GameStop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Best Buy	3.01%	45.93%	9.08%
GameStop	1.45%	2.11%	1.46%

Does the media favor BBY or GME?

In the previous week, Best Buy had 17 more articles in the media than GameStop. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Best Buy and 10 mentions for GameStop. Best Buy's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat GameStop's score of 0.72 indicating that Best Buy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Best Buy	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GameStop	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, BBY or GME?

Best Buy has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GameStop has a beta of -0.29, meaning that its share price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBY or GME?

Best Buy received 276 more outperform votes than GameStop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.43% of users gave Best Buy an outperform vote while only 73.40% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Best Buy	Outperform Votes 1606 73.43%	Underperform Votes 581 26.57%
GameStop	Outperform Votes 1330 73.40%	Underperform Votes 482 26.60%

Summary

Best Buy beats GameStop on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.