Best Buy (BBY) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.
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After a blowout Q3, Wall Street's current earnings estimates for Google are likely too low and will be revised higher, driven by the company's success in cloud computing. Google's earnings quality and growth are superior to peers, making its lower valuation compared to Apple and other tech giants increasingly unjustified. This presents a buying opportunity. GOOGL deserves to be a more popular stock than it is.
This is the second group of 10 companies who are aiming to reach dividend aristocrat status in the near future. The majority of these companies are from the utilities sector with two defense contractors also included. A few of the companies have 10-year dividend growth rates above 10%.
BBY is set to start its holiday shopping season early with Black Friday deals, offering weekly doorbusters and return policies to enhance the shopping experience.
Best Buy (BBY) appears to have found support after losing some value lately, as indicated by the formation of a hammer chart. In addition to this technical chart pattern, strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher enhances the stock's potential for a turnaround in the near term.
Here is how Best Buy (BBY) and Nordstrom (JWN) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.
Best Buy has experienced a strong price appreciation despite headwinds, with the stock up nearly 40% over the past year. The company's dividend safety is a concern, with a payout ratio over 100% due to declining cash flows. Best Buy's FY24 outlook is positive, with raised revenue and EPS guidance, but cash flow and comparable sales declines remain concerns.
Buy Best Co. Inc. NYSE: BBY is a leading big-box retailer of consumer electronics products and services. The company's physical stores average 36,800 square feet, which has actually been shrinking.
As 2024 comes to a close, seasonality is a theme that occurs every year entering the holiday season. A look back at some of the familiar headline trends for 2024 includes the AI data center boom, shortage of GLP-1 drugs, fresh demand for nuclear power, restarting the interest rate cut cycle, off-price shopping frenzy, retailer inventory normalization, and the ad market, and cloud computing recovery.
Best Buy (BBY, Financial) experienced a 1.36% drop in its stock price, reaching $99.97 per share with a trading volume of 795,462 shares and a turnover rate of 0.37%. The stock's volatility was recorded at 1.38%.
Best Buy's Q2 earnings exceeded expectations, boosting shares by nearly 30% YTD, but the sustainability of this rally is uncertain. Upgrading Best Buy to neutral, but still recommending that investors remain on the sidelines. Risks include declining same-store sales in other electronics, potentially unsustainable dividends, and margin pressures from deal-oriented consumers.