Best Buy Co Inc vs Prospect Capital Corporation — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $83.5 (market cap $17.55B), while Prospect Capital Corporation trades at $2.27 (market cap $1.14B). The key difference: Best Buy Co Inc is far larger — about 15.4× Prospect Capital Corporation's market cap, and Prospect Capital Corporation pays the higher dividend (21.93%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBY | PSEC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.55B | $1.14B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Financials |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $3.05 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $2.11 |
Enterprise Value | $19.93B | — |
Dividend Yield | 4.61% | 21.93% |
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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 →Prospect Capital Corp is a closed-end investment company based in the United States. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. The company invests primarily in senior and subordinated debt and equity of private companies for acquisitions, divestitures, growth, development, recapitalizations, and other purposes. It makes investments, including lending in private equity, sponsored transactions, directly to companies, investments in structured credit, real estate, and syndicated debt.
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