Best Buy vs GameStop
BBY and GME side by side, both in consumer discretionary. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BBY and GME compare
Best Buy is the larger company, worth 1.6 times as much as GameStop ($20.1B against $12.2B).
On earnings, Best Buy is cheaper: it trades at 15.9× trailing earnings, against 15.9× for GameStop.
Best Buy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (1.4% versus −7.7% for GameStop).
GameStop keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 25.2% compared with 3.0% at Best Buy.
Best Buy pays a dividend yielding 4.0%; GameStop does not pay one.
Best Buy scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 11 for GameStop), 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 | BBY | GME |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $20.1B | $12.2B |
| Share price | $95.65 | $24.23 |
| Change, 1 year | 13.9% | 3.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −25.9% | −54.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.12 | 1.23 |
| Employees | 82K | 4,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 15.9× (better) | 15.9× |
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 3.4× |
| P/B | 6.3× | 2.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.6× (better) | 23.6× |
| P/FCF | 11.3× (better) | 17.8× |
| FCF yield | 8.8% (better) | 5.6% |
| Fair value | $91.28 | $33.68 |
| Margin of safety | −4.8% | 28.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.4% (better) | −7.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −2.5% (better) | −6.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 63.5% | 147% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 66.3% | 108% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −5.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 22.7% | 37.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 13.5% (better) |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 25.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 4.2% | 19.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 43.1% (better) | 15.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 55.1% (better) | 13.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.37 (better) | 0.68 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.43 | −1.86 |
| Interest coverage | 38.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.12 | 8.72 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.22 (better) | 2.60 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.0% | – |
| Payout ratio | 63.1% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 8 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 11.6% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.72% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.7% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.9% | 31.6% |
| Held by insiders | 6.7% | 10.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$195M | $79.8M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.6% | 9.4% |
Go deeper
- BBY stock overview
- BBY income statement
- BBY valuation and score
- GME stock overview
- GME income statement
- GME valuation and score
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