Best Buy Co., Inc.

NYSE:BBY Stock Report

Market Cap: US$18.8b

Best Buy Valuation

Is BBY undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of BBY when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BBY ($85.85) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($236.68)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BBY is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BBY?

Key metric: As BBY is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BBY. This is calculated by dividing BBY's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BBY's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.5x
EarningsUS$1.27b
Market CapUS$18.82b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does BBY's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for BBY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.7x
DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods
16.3x3.7%US$19.1b
WSM Williams-Sonoma
21x1.2%US$22.9b
BURL Burlington Stores
38x19.2%US$18.3b
KMX CarMax
27.4x18.1%US$12.9b
BBY Best Buy
14.5x4.7%US$18.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BBY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the peer average (25.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BBY's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Specialty Retail Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TKLF Tokyo Lifestyle
2.2xn/aUS$15.83m
SSOK Sunstock
1xn/aUS$756.28k
MASN Maison Luxe
0.09xn/aUS$192.03k
EXPR.Q Express
0.000002xn/aUS$9.74k
BBY 14.5xIndustry Avg. 16.5xNo. of Companies11PE01224364860+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BBY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the US Specialty Retail industry average (16.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BBY's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

BBY PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.5x
Fair PE Ratio16.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BBY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst BBY forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$85.85
US$98.50
+14.7%
10.5%US$117.00US$80.00n/a23
Dec ’25US$90.00
US$99.26
+10.3%
10.0%US$117.00US$80.00n/a23
Nov ’25US$90.90
US$103.91
+14.3%
10.7%US$123.00US$80.00n/a23
Oct ’25US$101.35
US$103.91
+2.5%
10.7%US$123.00US$80.00n/a23
Sep ’25US$100.40
US$103.18
+2.8%
11.8%US$123.00US$80.00n/a22
Aug ’25US$85.67
US$89.96
+5.0%
9.7%US$106.00US$70.00n/a22
Jul ’25US$82.29
US$89.69
+9.0%
9.8%US$106.00US$70.00n/a22
Jun ’25US$84.82
US$86.60
+2.1%
9.8%US$101.00US$67.00n/a22
May ’25US$72.03
US$86.11
+19.5%
7.9%US$101.00US$70.00n/a23
Apr ’25US$81.64
US$86.15
+5.5%
8.0%US$101.00US$70.00n/a23
Mar ’25US$77.92
US$84.55
+8.5%
8.3%US$96.00US$68.00n/a22
Feb ’25US$75.24
US$77.15
+2.5%
10.8%US$92.00US$60.00n/a22
Jan ’25US$78.28
US$76.19
-2.7%
10.9%US$92.00US$60.00n/a22
Dec ’24US$73.42
US$75.05
+2.2%
10.5%US$92.00US$60.00US$90.0022
Nov ’24US$65.97
US$83.05
+25.9%
10.6%US$110.00US$70.00US$90.9022
Oct ’24US$69.47
US$83.51
+20.2%
9.8%US$110.00US$70.00US$101.3522
Sep ’24US$75.27
US$83.40
+10.8%
9.8%US$110.00US$70.00US$100.4023
Aug ’24US$82.77
US$80.61
-2.6%
12.8%US$110.00US$62.00US$85.6723
Jul ’24US$81.95
US$80.61
-1.6%
12.8%US$110.00US$62.00US$82.2923
May ’24US$73.65
US$84.46
+14.7%
11.5%US$110.00US$62.00US$72.0322
Apr ’24US$78.27
US$84.69
+8.2%
11.4%US$110.00US$62.00US$81.6422
Mar ’24US$82.54
US$85.28
+3.3%
11.3%US$110.00US$69.00US$77.9222
Feb ’24US$89.65
US$85.05
-5.1%
11.7%US$110.00US$69.00US$75.2421
Jan ’24US$80.21
US$85.62
+6.7%
11.4%US$110.00US$69.00US$78.2821
Dec ’23US$86.47
US$83.78
-3.1%
13.3%US$110.00US$59.00US$73.4220

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 23:03
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/11/02
Annual Earnings2024/02/03

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Best Buy Co., Inc. is covered by 57 analysts. 26 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Fabrizio SpagnaAxia Financial Research
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research