GameStop (GME) Competitors

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and GameStop (NYSE:GME) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is BBY or GME more profitable?

Best Buy has a net margin of 2.90% compared to Best Buy's net margin of 0.13%. GameStop's return on equity of 47.56% beat Best Buy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Best Buy	2.90%	47.56%	9.05%
GameStop	0.13%	1.35%	0.59%

Do analysts recommend BBY or GME?

Best Buy currently has a consensus price target of $86.36, suggesting a potential upside of 1.81%. GameStop has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 69.75%. Given GameStop's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Best Buy is more favorable than GameStop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Best Buy	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
GameStop	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Does the media favor BBY or GME?

In the previous week, Best Buy had 10 more articles in the media than GameStop. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Best Buy and 36 mentions for GameStop. GameStop's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Best Buy's score of 0.55 indicating that Best Buy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Best Buy	21 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GameStop	16 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, BBY or GME?

Best Buy has higher revenue and earnings than GameStop. Best Buy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GameStop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Best Buy	$43.45B	0.42	$1.24B	$5.71	14.85
GameStop	$5.27B	1.34	$6.70M	$0.02	1,157.58

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BBY or GME?

Best Buy received 241 more outperform votes than GameStop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.86% of users gave Best Buy an outperform vote while only 73.85% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Best Buy	Outperform Votes 1571 73.86%	Underperform Votes 556 26.14%
GameStop	Outperform Votes 1330 73.85%	Underperform Votes 471 26.15%

Which has more risk & volatility, BBY or GME?

Best Buy has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GameStop has a beta of -0.25, indicating that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BBY or GME?

81.0% of Best Buy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of GameStop shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Best Buy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of GameStop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Best Buy beats GameStop on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.