Alcon AG vs Best Buy Co Inc — how do they compare? Alcon AG trades at $72.39 (market cap $36.44B), while Best Buy Co Inc trades at $83.25 (market cap $17.55B). The key difference: Alcon AG is far larger — about 2.1× Best Buy Co Inc's market cap, and Best Buy Co Inc pays the higher dividend (4.61%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ALC | BBY | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.44B | $17.55B |
Sector | Health | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $90.12 | $90.17 |
52-Week Low | $62.02 | $55.52 |
Enterprise Value | $40.28B | $19.93B |
Dividend Yield | 0.48% | 4.61% |
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BBY trades at $82.43, up 0.52% today, with a bearish technical signal despite recent earnings beats. The stock shows strong profitability with a 39.1% ROE and trades at a P/E of 15.42, below the sector average. Recent news includes leadership changes and store format tests aimed at growth.
Outlook is mixed: analyst consensus is a hold with a $84.31 price target, but risks include declining revenue and competitive pressures. Upside potential exists if new strategies boost sales, while downside is capped by solid cash flow and dividend payments.
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Alcon, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is the global eyecare leader with a diverse portfolio in ophthalmology including contact lenses, eye drops, surgical equipment, and related surgical products. Novartis purchased Alcon from Nestle in 2010 and, following nine years as a Novartis subsidiary, the company was spun off as a public company in April 2019. The company reports five distinct segments: implantables (16% of revenue), consumables (31%), equipment (9%), contact lenses (27%), and ocular health (17%). The company is geographically diversified, with only about 40% of revenue from the U.S. market, and the firm has a strong presence in the European Union and Japan.
Read more on ALC →With $51.8 billion in fiscal 2022 sales, Best Buy is the largest pure-play consumer electronics retailer in the U.S., with roughly 10.6% share of the aggregate market and north of 40% share of offline sales, per our calculations, CTA industry, and Euromonitor data. The firm generates the bulk of its sales in-store, with mobile phones and tablets, computers, and appliances representing its three largest categories. Recent investments in e-commerce fulfillment, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, have seen the U.S. e-commerce channel roughly double from prepandemic levels, with management estimating that it will represent a mid-30% proportion of sales moving forward.
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