Best Buy Co Inc vs Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $84 (market cap $17.55B), while Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. trades at $427.71 (market cap $1.93T). The key difference: Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. is far larger — about 110× 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 | TSM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.55B | $1.93T |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Technology |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $477.57 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $227.33 |
Enterprise Value | $19.93B | $1.85T |
Dividend Yield | 4.61% | 0.9% |
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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 →Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, is the world's largest dedicated chip foundry, with over 57% market share in 2021 per Gartner. TSMC was founded in 1987 as a joint venture of Philips, the government of Taiwan, and private investors. It went public as an ADR in the U.S. in 1997. TSMC's scale and high-quality technology allow the firm to generate solid operating margins, even in the highly competitive foundry business. Furthermore, the shift to the fabless business model has created tailwinds for TSMC. The foundry leader has an illustrious customer base, including Apple, AMD and Nvidia, that looks to apply cutting-edge process technologies to its semiconductor designs.
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