Best Buy Co Inc vs General Motors Company — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $83.5 (market cap $17.55B), while General Motors Company trades at $89.19 (market cap $78.40B). The key difference: General Motors Company is far larger — about 4.5× 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.
| BBY | GM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.55B | $78.40B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $90.30 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $54.16 |
Enterprise Value | $19.93B | $181.38B |
Dividend Yield | 4.61% | 0.81% |
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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 →General Motors Co. emerged from the bankruptcy of General Motors Corp. (old GM) in July 2009. GM has eight brands and operates under four segments: GM North America, GM International, Cruise, and GM Financial. The United States now has four brands instead of eight under old GM. The company lost its U.S. market share leader crown in 2021 with share down 280 basis points to 14.6%, but we expect GM to reclaim the top spot in 2022 as 2021 suffered from the chip shortage. GM Financial became the company's captive finance arm in October 2010 via the purchase of AmeriCredit.
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