Best Buy (BBY) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

Best Buy (BBY) closed the most recent trading day at $73.57, moving -0.55% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.66% gain on the day. At the same time, the Dow added 1.03%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.46%.

Heading into today, shares of the consumer electronics retailer had gained 7.45% over the past month, outpacing the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 4.45% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.97% in that time.

Investors will be hoping for strength from BBY as it approaches its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect BBY to post earnings of $0.87 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 6.1%. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $9.14 billion, up 0.29% from the year-ago period.

Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $5.63 per share and revenue of $43.55 billion. These totals would mark changes of +5.83% and +1.56%, respectively, from last year.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for BBY. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.22% higher within the past month. BBY currently has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Investors should also note BBY's current valuation metrics, including its Forward P/E ratio of 13.14. This valuation marks a no noticeable deviation compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 13.14.

Meanwhile, BBY's PEG ratio is currently 1.45. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Retail - Consumer Electronics was holding an average PEG ratio of 0.97 at yesterday's closing price.

The Retail - Consumer Electronics industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 239, putting it in the bottom 7% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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