Best Buy vs Ingram Micro
BBY and INGM side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BBY and INGM compare
Best Buy is the larger company, worth 3.3 times as much as Ingram Micro ($21.8B against $6.5B).
On earnings, Ingram Micro is cheaper: it trades at 14.4× trailing earnings, against 17.3× for Best Buy.
Ingram Micro grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (14.8% 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 0.79% at Ingram Micro.
Both pay dividends: Best Buy yields 3.7% and Ingram Micro 0.89%.
Best Buy scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 12 for Ingram Micro), 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 | INGM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $21.8B | $6.5B |
| Share price | $104.07 | $28.42 |
| Change, 1 year | 33.9% | 33.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −23.6% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.12 | 1.26 |
| Employees | 82K | 22K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 (better) | 12 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 17.3× | 14.4× (better) |
| P/S | 0.5× | 0.1× (better) |
| P/B | 6.9× | 1.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.3× | 7.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 12.3× (better) | 42.3× |
| FCF yield | 8.1% (better) | 2.4% |
| Fair value | $91.43 | $41.33 |
| Margin of safety | −13.8% | 31.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.4% | 14.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −2.5% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 63.5% (better) | 59.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 66.3% (better) | 61.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −5.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 22.7% (better) | 6.6% |
| Operating margin | 4.1% (better) | 1.8% |
| Net margin | 3.0% (better) | 0.79% |
| FCF margin | 4.2% (better) | 0.26% |
| Return on equity | 43.1% (better) | 10.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 55.1% (better) | 9.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.37 (better) | 0.89 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.43 | 2.29 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 38.0× (better) | 3.6× |
| Current ratio | 1.12 | 1.31 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.30 (better) | 3.26 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.7% (better) | 0.89% |
| Payout ratio | 63.1% | 17.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 8 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 11.6% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.66% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.3% (better) | 0.89% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.9% | 103% |
| Held by insiders | 6.7% | 78.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$195M (better) | −$1.5B |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.8% | 12.4% |
Go deeper
- BBY stock overview
- BBY income statement
- BBY valuation and score
- INGM stock overview
- INGM income statement
- INGM valuation and score
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