Best Buy Co Inc vs Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $83.5 (market cap $17.55B), while Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated trades at $529.62 (market cap $134.25B). The key difference: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is far larger — about 7.6× Best Buy Co Inc's market cap, and Best Buy Co Inc pays a 4.61% dividend while Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBY | VRTX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.55B | $134.25B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Health |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $529.65 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $376.62 |
Enterprise Value | $19.93B | $128.37B |
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 →Vertex Pharmaceuticals is a global biotechnology company that discovers and develops small-molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases. Its key drugs are Kalydeco, Orkambi, Symdeko, and Trikafta/Kaftrio for cystic fibrosis, where Vertex therapies remain the standard of care globally. In addition to its focus on cystic fibrosis, Vertex is diversifying its pipeline through gene-editing therapies such as CTX001 for beta-thalassemia and sickle-cell disease, small-molecule inhibitors targeting acute and chronic pain using non-opioid treatments, and small-molecule inhibitors of APOL1-mediated kidney diseases. Vertex is also investigating cell therapies to deliver a potential functional cure for type 1 diabetes.
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