Best Buy Co Inc vs Comcast Corporation — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $83.5 (market cap $17.37B), while Comcast Corporation trades at $25.63 (market cap $89.43B). The key difference: Comcast Corporation is far larger — about 5.1× Best Buy Co Inc's market cap, and Comcast Corporation pays the higher dividend (5.24%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBY | CMCSA | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.37B | $89.43B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Media |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $32.50 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $21.92 |
Enterprise Value | $19.75B | $172.15B |
Dividend Yield | 4.66% | 5.24% |
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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 →Comcast is made up of three parts. The core cable business owns networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 61 million U.S. homes and businesses, or nearly half of the country. About 56% of the homes in this territory subscribe to at least one Comcast service. Comcast acquired NBCUniversal from General Electric in 2011. NBCU owns several cable networks, including CNBC, MSNBC, and USA, the NBC broadcast network, several local NBC affiliates, Universal Studios, and several theme parks. Sky, acquired in 2018, is the dominant television provider in the U.K. and has invested heavily in exclusive and proprietary content to build this position. The firm is also the largest pay-television provider in Italy and has a presence in Germany and Austria.
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