Avnet vs Best Buy
AVT and BBY side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AVT and BBY compare
Best Buy is the larger company, worth 3.2 times as much as Avnet ($21.8B against $6.9B).
On earnings, Avnet is cheaper: it trades at 12.6× trailing earnings, against 17.3× for Best Buy.
Avnet grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (44.3% versus 1.4% for Best Buy).
Best Buy keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.0% compared with 1.7% at Avnet.
Both pay dividends: Avnet yields 1.7% and Best Buy 3.7%.
Best Buy scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 10 for Avnet), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AVT | BBY |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.9B | $21.8B |
| Share price | $83.97 | $104.07 |
| Change, 1 year | 78.0% | 33.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 116% | −23.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.93 | 1.12 |
| Employees | 15K | 82K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.6× (better) | 17.3× |
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 0.5× |
| P/B | 1.3× (better) | 6.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.5× | 8.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 12.3× |
| FCF yield | −15.3% | 8.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $89.90 | $91.43 |
| Margin of safety | 6.6% (better) | −13.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 44.3% (better) | 1.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.2% (better) | −2.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 142% (better) | 63.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 150% (better) | 66.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 15.7% (better) | −5.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 22.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 4.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 3.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | −3.2% | 4.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | 11.1% | 43.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | 55.1% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.79 | 0.37 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.46 (better) | −0.43 |
| Interest coverage | 3.7× | 38.0× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.73 (better) | 1.12 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.00 | 4.30 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 3.7% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 20.6% | 63.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 13 (better) | 8 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 10.5% | 11.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.66% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.7% | 4.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 108% | 93.9% |
| Held by insiders | 1.7% | 6.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$17.2M (better) | −$195M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.0% | 7.8% |
Go deeper
- AVT stock overview
- AVT income statement
- AVT valuation and score
- BBY stock overview
- BBY income statement
- BBY valuation and score
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