Best Buy Co Inc vs Illumina, Inc. — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $84 (market cap $17.55B), while Illumina, Inc. trades at $193.06 (market cap $29.12B). The key difference: Illumina, Inc. is the larger of the two by market cap, and Best Buy Co Inc pays a 4.61% dividend while Illumina, Inc. pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBY | ILMN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.55B | $29.12B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Health |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $205.10 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $91.00 |
Enterprise Value | $19.93B | $30.48B |
Dividend Yield | 4.61% | — |
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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 →Illumina provides tools and services to analyze genetic material with life science and clinical lab applications. The company generates over 90% of its revenue from sequencing instruments, consumables, and services. Illumina's high-throughput technology enables whole genome sequencing in humans and other large organisms. Its lower throughput tools enable applications that require smaller data outputs, such as viral and cancer tumor screening. Illumina also sells microarrays (less than 10% of sales) that enable lower-cost, focused genetic screening with primarily consumer and agricultural applications.
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