Best Buy vs GameStop
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The short version
- Best Buy is the larger business, with $41.7B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $3.6B for GameStop, about 11 times as much.
- Best Buy grew revenue faster (0.4%, against −5.1%).
- GameStop kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (6.4% operating margin, against 3.3%).
- GameStop turned more of its sales into free cash flow (16.5% FCF margin, against 3.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Best Buy’s earnings: a P/E of 16.6x against 16.3x for GameStop.
| Latest fiscal year | BBY · FY26 | GME · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $21.2B | $14.7B |
| Revenue | $41.7B | $3.6B |
| Free cash flow | $1.3B | $597M |
| Net income | $1.1B | $418M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 0.4% | −5.1% |
| 5-year growth | −2.5% | −6.5% |
| Share count change | −2.1% | 39.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 22.5% | 33.0% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 6.4% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 11.5% |
| FCF margin | 3.0% | 16.5% |
| Return on capital | 43.9% | — |
| Return on equity | 37.0% | 8.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$562M | −$4.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.3x | −19.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.1B | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.6x | 16.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
Revenue
FY17
BBY $39.4B
GME $8.5B
FY18
BBY $42.2B
GME $8.3B
FY19
BBY $42.9B
GME $6.5B
FY20
BBY $43.6B
GME $5.1B
FY21
BBY $47.3B
GME $6.0B
FY22
BBY $51.8B
GME $5.9B
FY23
BBY $46.3B
GME $5.3B
FY24
BBY $43.5B
GME $3.8B
FY25
BBY $41.5B
GME $3.6B
FY26
BBY $41.7B
GME —
BBY
GME
Operating margin
FY17
BBY 4.7%
GME 5.1%
FY18
BBY 4.4%
GME −8.5%
FY19
BBY 4.4%
GME −6.2%
FY20
BBY 4.6%
GME −4.7%
FY21
BBY 5.1%
GME −6.1%
FY22
BBY 5.9%
GME −5.3%
FY23
BBY 3.9%
GME −0.7%
FY24
BBY 3.6%
GME −0.7%
FY25
BBY 3.0%
GME 6.4%
FY26
BBY 3.3%
GME —
BBY
GME
Free cash flow
FY17
BBY $2.0B
GME $322M
FY18
BBY $1.5B
GME $231M
FY19
BBY $1.6B
GME −$493M
FY20
BBY $1.8B
GME $63.7M
FY21
BBY $4.2B
GME −$496M
FY22
BBY $2.5B
GME $52.3M
FY23
BBY $894M
GME −$239M
FY24
BBY $675M
GME $130M
FY25
BBY $1.4B
GME $597M
FY26
BBY $1.3B
GME —
BBY
GME
Return on capital
FY17
BBY 53.9%
GME 11.5%
FY18
BBY 53.5%
GME −40.9%
FY19
BBY 64.8%
GME −59.3%
FY20
BBY 58.9%
GME −45.7%
FY21
BBY —
GME −87.3%
FY22
BBY —
GME —
FY23
BBY 81.5%
GME —
FY24
BBY 48.7%
GME —
FY25
BBY 34.5%
GME —
FY26
BBY 43.9%
GME —
BBY
GME
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.