Best Buy Co Inc vs Becton Dickinson and Co — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $83.5 (market cap $17.37B), while Becton Dickinson and Co trades at $181.29 (market cap $48.93B). The key difference: Becton Dickinson and Co is far larger — about 2.8× Best Buy Co Inc's market cap, and Best Buy Co Inc pays the higher dividend (4.66%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBY | BDX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.37B | $48.93B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Health |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $185.39 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $138.62 |
Enterprise Value | $19.75B | $65.03B |
Dividend Yield | 4.66% | 2.34% |
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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.
Read more on BBY →Becton, Dickinson is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of medical surgical products, such as needles, syringes, and sharps-disposal units. The company also manufactures diagnostic instruments and reagents, as well as flow cytometry and cell-imaging systems. BD Interventional (largely the former Bard business) accounts for 23% of revenue. International revenue accounts for 44% of the company's business.
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