Best Buy Co Inc vs Wheaton Precious Metals Corp — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $84.02 (market cap $17.55B), while Wheaton Precious Metals Corp trades at $136.03 (market cap $60.94B). The key difference: Wheaton Precious Metals Corp is far larger — about 3.5× 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 | WPM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.55B | $60.94B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Basic Materials |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $165.72 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $91.02 |
Enterprise Value | $19.93B | $62.82B |
Dividend Yield | 4.61% | 0.58% |
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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 →Wheaton Precious Metals Corp is a precious metal streaming company. The company has entered into over 20 long-term purchase agreements with 17 different mining companies, for the purchase of precious metals and cobalt. It has streaming agreements covering approximately 19 operating mines and 9 development stage projects. The company's projects include Vale's Salobo mine and silver streams on Glencore's Antamina mine and Goldcorp's Penasquito mine.
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