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GameStop (GME) Competitors

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GME vs. BBY, EA, DKNG, LVS, WYNN, MGM, LNW, CHDN, BYD, and RRR

Should you be buying GameStop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GameStop include Best Buy (BBY), Electronic Arts (EA), DraftKings (DKNG), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Light & Wonder (LNW), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Boyd Gaming (BYD), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR).

GameStop vs. Its Competitors

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

GameStop presently has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential downside of 44.49%. Best Buy has a consensus target price of $86.11, suggesting a potential upside of 28.24%. Given Best Buy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Best Buy is more favorable than GameStop.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GameStop
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Best Buy
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GameStop$3.67B2.96$131.30M$0.4652.87
Best Buy$41.53B0.34$927M$4.0916.42

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

In the previous week, Best Buy had 10 more articles in the media than GameStop. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Best Buy and 5 mentions for GameStop. Best Buy's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat GameStop's score of -0.11 indicating that Best Buy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

GameStop has a beta of -0.69, suggesting that its share price is 169% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Best Buy has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

GameStop pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Best Buy pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. GameStop pays out 330.4% 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 pays out 92.9% 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 increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

GameStop has a net margin of 5.67% compared to Best Buy's net margin of 2.13%. Best Buy's return on equity of 46.40% beat GameStop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GameStop5.67% 5.25% 3.99%
Best Buy 2.13%46.40%8.86%

Summary

Best Buy beats GameStop on 14 of the 19 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 GME 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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GME vs. The Competition

MetricGameStopGAMING IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.88B$8.72B$8.18B$20.31B
Dividend YieldN/A2.13%3.29%3.79%
P/E Ratio52.8721.3220.3227.50
Price / Sales2.963.333.4038.39
Price / Cash61.9619.9114.4917.85
Price / Book2.2012.384.554.53
Net Income$131.30M$24.40M$212.83M$985.09M
7 Day Performance6.57%3.91%2.38%1.67%
1 Month Performance-18.47%4.43%8.24%4.02%
1 Year Performance-1.50%8.79%7.61%12.10%

GameStop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GME
GameStop
1.7246 of 5 stars
$24.32
+3.1%
$13.50
-44.5%
-4.5%$10.88B$3.67B52.876,000
BBY
Best Buy
4.9164 of 5 stars
$67.53
-1.9%
$86.11
+27.5%
-19.1%$14.32B$41.53B16.5685,000
EA
Electronic Arts
4.2107 of 5 stars
$157.88
0.0%
$162.80
+3.1%
+13.2%$39.58B$7.46B37.2314,500
DKNG
DraftKings
4.5872 of 5 stars
$42.94
+0.3%
$54.03
+25.8%
+12.4%$38.21B$4.77B-51.765,100
LVS
Las Vegas Sands
4.5877 of 5 stars
$42.69
+0.1%
$55.58
+30.2%
-0.3%$30.20B$11.30B23.7540,300
WYNN
Wynn Resorts
4.2314 of 5 stars
$91.92
+1.0%
$112.82
+22.7%
+5.8%$9.61B$7.13B25.5428,000
MGM
MGM Resorts International
4.9208 of 5 stars
$33.79
-1.2%
$48.29
+42.9%
-22.7%$9.21B$17.24B15.1263,000
LNW
Light & Wonder
3.4246 of 5 stars
$93.42
+8.8%
$107.00
+14.5%
-8.6%$7.88B$3.21B24.916,800Positive News
CHDN
Churchill Downs
4.9919 of 5 stars
$99.07
-1.0%
$139.91
+41.2%
-27.7%$7.16B$2.73B17.638,870News Coverage
BYD
Boyd Gaming
4.3445 of 5 stars
$77.81
-0.2%
$80.00
+2.8%
+43.4%$6.34B$3.93B12.7116,129Analyst Forecast
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.3299 of 5 stars
$51.42
-1.0%
$52.00
+1.1%
-5.6%$5.45B$1.94B19.949,300

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This page (NYSE:GME) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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