Best Buy Co Inc vs Essex Property Trust, Inc. — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $84 (market cap $17.55B), while Essex Property Trust, Inc. trades at $282.11 (market cap $18.15B). The key difference: Best Buy Co Inc and Essex Property Trust, Inc. are close in size by market cap, and Best Buy Co Inc pays the higher dividend (4.61%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBY | ESS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.55B | $18.15B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Real Estate |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $298.33 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $239.61 |
Enterprise Value | $19.93B | $24.75B |
Dividend Yield | 4.61% | 3.93% |
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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 →Essex Property Trust owns a portfolio of 253 apartment communities with over 62,000 units and is developing three additional properties with 571 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties on the West Coast in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, Northern California, and Seattle.
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