Best Buy (BBY) closed at $58.09 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.97% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.04%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.22%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.16%.
Heading into today, shares of the consumer electronics retailer had lost 12.64% over the past month, lagging the Retail-Wholesale sector's loss of 5.09% and the S&P 500's loss of 4.99% in that time.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from BBY as it approaches its next earnings report date. This is expected to be March 7, 2019. The company is expected to report EPS of $2.58, up 6.61% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $14.72 billion, down 4.17% from the year-ago period.
BBY's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $5.19 per share and revenue of $42.81 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +17.42% and +1.57%, respectively.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for BBY. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 1.45% higher. BBY is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Looking at its valuation, BBY is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 11.31. This represents a no noticeable deviation compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 11.31.
Investors should also note that BBY has a PEG ratio of 0.98 right now. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Retail - Consumer Electronics industry currently had an average PEG ratio of 0.71 as of yesterday's close.
The Retail - Consumer Electronics industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 67, putting it in the top 26% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual 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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Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY
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