Best Buy vs Target
BBY and TGT side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BBY and TGT compare
Target is the larger company, worth 3.5 times as much as Best Buy ($70.1B against $20.1B).
On earnings, Best Buy is cheaper: it trades at 15.9× trailing earnings, against 16.0× for Target.
Target grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.0% versus 1.4% for Best Buy).
Target keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.1% compared with 3.0% at Best Buy.
Both pay dividends: Best Buy yields 4.0% and Target 3.0%.
Target scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 17 for Best Buy), 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 | TGT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $20.1B | $70.1B |
| Share price | $95.65 | $154.38 |
| Change, 1 year | 13.9% | 64.0% |
| Change, 5 years | −25.9% | −39.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.12 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 82K | 415K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 15.9× (better) | 16.0× |
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 0.7× |
| P/B | 6.3× | 3.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.6× (better) | 9.0× |
| P/FCF | 11.3× (better) | 15.7× |
| PEG | – | 1.49 |
| FCF yield | 8.8% (better) | 6.4% |
| Fair value | $91.28 | $172.88 |
| Margin of safety | −4.8% | 10.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.4% | 2.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −2.5% | 2.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 63.5% (better) | 11.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 66.3% (better) | 12.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −5.9% | −1.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 22.7% | 29.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 5.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 4.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 4.2% (better) | 4.1% |
| Return on equity | 43.1% (better) | 26.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 55.1% (better) | 16.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.37 (better) | 0.86 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.43 | 1.11 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 38.0× (better) | 14.0× |
| Current ratio | 1.12 (better) | 0.99 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.22 (better) | 3.30 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.0% (better) | 3.0% |
| Payout ratio | 63.1% | 47.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 8 | 17 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 11.6% (better) | 11.0% |
| Buyback yield | 0.72% (better) | 0.22% |
| Shareholder yield | 4.7% (better) | 3.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.9% | 86.5% |
| Held by insiders | 6.7% | 0.27% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$195M | −$26.0M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.6% | 3.8% |
Go deeper
- BBY stock overview
- BBY income statement
- BBY valuation and score
- TGT stock overview
- TGT income statement
- TGT valuation and score
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