GME vs. BBY, CHTR, LULU, FLUT, TCOM, EA, RBLX, LVS, DKNG, and TTWO
Should you be buying GameStop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GameStop include Best Buy (BBY), Charter Communications (CHTR), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Flutter Entertainment (FLUT), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Electronic Arts (EA), Roblox (RBLX), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), DraftKings (DKNG), and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO).
GameStop vs.
Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and GameStop (NYSE:GME) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Best Buy has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GameStop has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GameStop had 9 more articles in the media than Best Buy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for GameStop and 9 mentions for Best Buy. Best Buy's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat GameStop's score of 0.35 indicating that Best Buy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Best Buy received 266 more outperform votes than GameStop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.72% of users gave Best Buy an outperform vote while only 73.40% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote.
81.0% of Best Buy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of GameStop shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Best Buy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of GameStop shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Best Buy pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. GameStop pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Best Buy pays out 64.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 21 consecutive years.
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.
Best Buy presently has a consensus price target of $100.72, suggesting a potential upside of 19.44%. GameStop has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 67.92%. Given Best Buy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Best Buy is more favorable than GameStop.
Summary
Best Buy beats GameStop on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GME) was last updated on 1/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
