Best Buy vs Upbound Group
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KIRA’s take AI analyst
I put Best Buy and Upbound Group side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Best Buy is the larger business, with $41.7B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $4.7B for Upbound Group, about 8.9 times as much.
- Upbound Group grew revenue faster (8.7%, against 0.4%).
- Upbound Group kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.8% operating margin, against 3.3%).
- Upbound Group turned more of its sales into free cash flow (5.1% FCF margin, against 3.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Best Buy’s earnings: a P/E of 16.3x against 11.0x for Upbound Group.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 8 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Best Buy
BBY
3/8
Net marginReturn on equityShare count change
Upbound Group
UPBD
5/8
Revenue growth5-year growthGross marginOperating marginFCF margin
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | BBY FY26 | UPBD FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $20.8B | $997M |
| Revenue | $41.7B | $4.7B |
| Free cash flow | $1.3B | $239M |
| Net income | $1.1B | $73.2M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 0.4% | 8.7% |
| 5-year growth | −2.5% | 10.8% |
| Share count change | −2.1% | 4.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 22.5% | 48.4% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 4.8% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 1.6% |
| FCF margin | 3.0% | 5.1% |
| Return on capital | 43.9% | — |
| Return on equity | 37.0% | 11.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$562M | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.3x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.1B | $87.9M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.3x | 11.0x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | — |
Ten years
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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.