Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Strong Sell

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Comparison

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Valuation

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Why is Best Buy Co., Inc. ?

High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 88.59%

Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times

Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -3.64% of over the last 5 years

Flat results in Jul 25

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 2,064 MM
ROCE(HY) Lowest at 26.72%
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 5.6 times

With ROCE of 51.18%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 4.74 Enterprise value to Capital Employed

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -13.90%, its profits have fallen by -11.7%

High Institutional Holdings at 90.99%

These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Along with generating -13.90% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Best Buy Co., Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Electronics & Appliances should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Electronics & Appliances)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Best Buy Co., Inc. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Best Buy Co., Inc.

-14.13%

-0.32

43.45%

S&P 500

14.9%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

-1.68%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-6.11%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

59.69

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt is too low

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.05

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

9.13

Tax Ratio

26.09%

Dividend Payout Ratio

87.85%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

100.00%

ROCE (avg)

88.59%

ROE (avg)

55.65%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

4.97

EV to EBIT

7.81

EV to EBITDA

5.26

EV to Capital Employed

4.42

EV to Sales

0.33

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

6.23%

ROCE (Latest)

56.54%

ROE (Latest)

44.77%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

Mildly Bearish

OBV

Mildly Bullish

Mildly Bearish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

4What is working for the Company

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 42.92

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 143.92%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0.94% (YoY

-7What is not working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 22.49%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 103.17 %

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4.11 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 42.92 times

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 5.89 %

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 254.18 MM

Here's what is working for Best Buy Co., Inc.

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 42.92 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 143.92%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by 0.94% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Best Buy Co., Inc.

Operating Profit Margin

Lowest at 5.89 %

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Net Profit

Lowest at USD 254.18 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio

Highest at 103.17 %

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 4.11 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 42.92 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Non Operating Income

Highest at USD 0.09 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Increased income from non business activities may not be sustainable

Non Operating income