Best Buy Co Inc BBY

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After Hours: 60.00 0.44 | 0.73%
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1.78 | 2.86%
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  • Sector
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  • Investment Style
    Mid Value
  • Market Cap
  • Forward Div Yield
    4.14%
  • Trailing Div Yield
  • Price/Sales
    0.47
  • Price/Book
    6.34
  • Beta (5-Year)
    1.42
  • Consensus Forward P/E
    13.89
  • Trailing 12-mo Rev

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Valuation Nov 27, 2024
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Best Buy Earnings: Despite Solid Quarter, Shares Slide Amid Uncertainty Surrounding Tariff Impact
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Noah Rohr
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Analyst Note | by Noah Rohr Updated Mar 04, 2025

We don’t plan to alter our $87 fair value estimate on narrow moat Best Buy significantly after the firm posted solid fiscal 2025 fourth quarter results. Demand proved better than expected as companywide comparable sales expanded 0.5%, outpacing our forecast for a 1% decline. Domestic comparable sales eked out a 0.2% gain, underpinned by 6.5% growth in computing and mobile phone sales, along with a 10% uptick in services revenue. But consistent with recent quarters, demand in the appliances and entertainment categories remained under pressure as sales declined by a low-double-digit percentage. Profits held up better than we anticipated, primarily due to an improvement in gross margin from its domestic services business. As such, the firm’s operating margin declined just 10 basis points to 4.9%, coming in slightly ahead of our 4.7% forecast.

Business Strategy and Outlook | by Noah Rohr Updated Nov 27, 2024

We believe Best Buy is taking adequate steps to shore up its competitive position in an intensely competitive consumer electronics space. The firm's current strategy is built on four key pillars: investment in the customer experience, driving operational efficiency, remaining disciplined in capital allocation, and investing in incremental profit st

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Price/Fair Value
Total Return %
Index Total Return %
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 YTD
-18.21 45.29 63.65 -20.02 69.56 16.16 4.62 -17.59 2.18 14.41 -26.38
0.69 12.44 21.47 -5.05 31.22 20.90 25.78 -19.43 26.44 24.09 -8.35

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