Best Buy Co Inc vs Lithium Americas Corp — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $84.02 (market cap $17.55B), while Lithium Americas Corp trades at $3.27 (market cap $1.18B). The key difference: Best Buy Co Inc is far larger — about 14.9× Lithium Americas Corp's market cap, and Best Buy Co Inc pays a 4.61% dividend while Lithium Americas Corp pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBY | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.55B | $1.18B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Basic Materials |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $10.05 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $2.71 |
Enterprise Value | $19.93B | $1.29B |
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 →Lithium Americas is a resource company focused on developing the Thacker Pass project in Nevada, the largest known lithium resource in the US. It aims to become a major supplier for the electric vehicle battery market.
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