Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY ) Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call November 26, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Mollie O'Brien - Head of Investor Relations Corie Barry - Chief Executive Officer Matt Bilunas - Chief Financial Officer Jason Bonfig - Senior Executive Vice President, Customer Offerings and Fulfillment Conference Call Participants Peter Keith - Piper Sandler Scot Ciccarelli - Truist Securities Anthony Chukumba - Loop Capital Markets Steven Forbes - Guggenheim Securities Joseph Feldman - Telsey Advisory Group Karen Short - Melius Research Seth Basham - Wedbush Securities Seth Sigman - Barclays Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Best Buy's Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 Earnings Conference Call.
Best Buy (BBY) shares slumped 8% Tuesday morning after the electronics retailer missed profit and sales estimates and slashed its guidance as consumers pulled back on spending ahead of the key holiday shopping season.
Best Buy is one of the worst S&P 500 stocks Tuesday after the retailer missed quarterly earnings expectations and slashed its full-year forecast.
The headline numbers for Best Buy (BBY) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended October 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
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U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling around 200 points on Tuesday.
Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) shares dropped 2% pre-market after the electronics retailer cut guidance because of softer sales in the third quarter. Full-year comparable sales are now guided to decline 2.5% to 3.5%, compared to its previous forecast of a 1.5% to 3.0% drop.
Best Buy (BBY) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.26 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.30 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.29 per share a year ago.
Macro uncertainty, customers waiting for deals and sales events, and distraction during the run-up to the election led to softer-than-expected demand, according to Best Buy CEO Corie Barry.
The retailer's earnings and sales fell short of consensus estimates.
Best Buy on Tuesday cut its full-year sales forecast. The retailer missed Wall Street's quarterly revenue expectations.
Best Buy cut its annual profit and sales forecasts on Tuesday, in a sign that the holiday shopping season would be marked by aggressive discounts and tepid demand for pricey electronics such as televisions and home theater systems.