What does the company do?
Best Buy Co., Inc. (Best Buy) is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, home office products, entertainment software, appliances and related services. The Company operates retail stores and Web sites under the brand names Best Buy (BestBuy.com, BestBuy.ca, BestBuy.com.cn, espanol.BestBuy.com and BestBuyMobile.com), The Carphone Warehouse (Carphone Warehouse.com), Five Star (Five-Star.cn), Future Shop (FutureShop.ca), Geek Squad (GeekSquad.com and GeekSquad.ca), Magnolia Audio Video (MagnoliaAV.com). It operates through two business segments: Domestic and International. The Domestic segment consists of the store, call center and online operations in all states, districts and territories of the United States operating under the brand names Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video and Speakeasy. The International segment is comprised all Canada store, call center and online operations, under the brand names Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, Future Shop and Geek Squad.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Best Buy one-year sales: 47.34 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Electronics Stores group: 41.17% - Best Buy one-year income: 933.00 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Electronics Stores group: 32.20%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 47.34 Bil | 33.53 Bil | | Income | 933.00 Mil | 705.76 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Best Buy one-year sales growth: 12.40%.
Difference from the average for the Electronics Stores group: 3.80 pct. pts. - Best Buy one-year income growth: -18.40%.
Difference from the average for the Electronics Stores group: -4.80 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | 12.40% | 8.60% | | Income Growth | -18.40% | -13.60% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Best Buy one-year net profit margin: 2.0%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -1.3 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Electronics Stores group: -0.6 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | 2.0% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 3.3% | | Industry | 2.6% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Best Buy debt/equity ratio: 0.42.
Difference from the average for the Electronics Stores group: 5.00%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.42 | 0.40 |
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