Best Buy Co Inc vs Ulta Beauty Inc — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $84.02 (market cap $17.55B), while Ulta Beauty Inc trades at $541.3 (market cap $23.27B). The key difference: Ulta Beauty Inc is the larger of the two by market cap, and Best Buy Co Inc pays a 4.61% dividend while Ulta Beauty Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBY | ULTA | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.55B | $23.27B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $706.82 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $450.75 |
Enterprise Value | $19.93B | $25.35B |
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 →With more than 1,300 stores and a partnership with Target, Ulta Beauty is the largest specialized beauty retailer in the U.S. The firm offers makeup (43% of 2021 sales), fragrances, skin care, and hair care products (20% of 2021 sales), and bath and body items. Ulta offers private-label products and merchandise from more than 500 vendors. It also offers salon services, including hair, makeup, skin, and brow services, in all stores. Most Ulta stores are approximately 10,000 square feet and are in suburban strip centers. Ulta was founded in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
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