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Best Buy (BBY) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know

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Best Buy (BBY - Free Report) closed at $100.89 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.31% move from the prior day. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.72%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.89%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 1.47%.

Coming into today, shares of the consumer electronics retailer had gained 13.88% in the past month. In that same time, the Retail-Wholesale sector gained 10.77%, while the S&P 500 gained 5.85%.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from BBY as it approaches its next earnings report date. This is expected to be August 25, 2020. In that report, analysts expect BBY to post earnings of $0.41 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 62.04%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $9.67 billion, up 1.39% from the prior-year quarter.

Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $5.57 per share and revenue of $43.60 billion. These totals would mark changes of -8.24% and -0.09%, respectively, from last year.

It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for BBY. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 10.86% higher. BBY is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

In terms of valuation, BBY is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 17.88. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 16.72, which means BBY is trading at a premium to the group.

We can also see that BBY currently has a PEG ratio of 2.19. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Retail - Consumer Electronics was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.86 at yesterday's closing price.

The Retail - Consumer Electronics industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 14, putting it in the top 6% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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