Best Buy Co Inc vs Bank of Nova Scotia — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $83.5 (market cap $17.37B), while Bank of Nova Scotia trades at $89.03 (market cap $107.95B). The key difference: Bank of Nova Scotia is far larger — about 6.2× 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 | BNS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.37B | $107.95B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Financials |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $90.29 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $56.41 |
Enterprise Value | $19.75B | — |
Dividend Yield | 4.66% | 3.65% |
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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 →Bank of Nova Scotia is a global financial services provider. The bank has five business segments: Canadian banking, international banking, global wealth management, global banking and markets, and other. It offers a range of advice, products, and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. The bank's international operations span numerous countries and are more concentrated in Central and South America.
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