Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) vs Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM)

Best Buy Co., Inc. and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $26.9B against $18.8B — 1.4× the size. Best Buy Co., Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.0× against 23.4×. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.24% against 1.45%. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.7% vs 3.01%) and the higher return on invested capital (86.4% vs 51.0%). Both pay a dividend; Best Buy Co., Inc. yields more (4.82% vs 1.62%). Across the 23 metrics below, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. leads on 13 and Best Buy Co., Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric BBY WSM Specialty Retail median
P/E 14.96 23.41 17.14
P/S 0.45 3.41 0.48
P/B 6.01 12.75 1.71
Price to free cash flow 10.82 20.32 13.04
EV/EBITDA 6.73 15.64 8.92
EV/Sales 0.43 3.46 0.64
Earnings yield 6.68% 4.27% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 9.24% 4.92% 3.02%

Profitability

Metric BBY WSM Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 22.68% 47.19% 37.89%
Operating margin 4.05% 19.21% 3.66%
Net margin 3.01% 14.73% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 4.19% 16.78% 1.44%
Return on equity 43.13% 54.96% 2.58%
Return on assets 8.11% 21.97% 0.25%
Return on invested capital 50.97% 86.41% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BBY WSM Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.45% 2.24% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 17.76% 0.57% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.48%) 2.85% 3.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.88%) 9.84% 0.00%

Health

Metric BBY WSM Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.37 0.00 0.27
Current ratio 1.12 1.45 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA (0.23) (0.62) 0.24

Dividend

Metric BBY WSM Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 4.82% 1.62% 1.73%
Payout ratio 0.62 0.23 0.00

Size

Metric BBY WSM Specialty Retail median
Market cap 18.81b 26.93b 348.57m

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