BBY vs DKS vs LII Stock Comparison

Best Buy, Dick'S Sporting Goods and Lennox International Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BBY Best Buy Co Inc
$96.15 +9.3% 1M +17.1% 1Y
Market cap
$20.91B
P/E
16.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$42.20B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
DKS Dick'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
$142.19 +4.5% 1M -35.8% 1Y
Market cap
$12.90B
P/E
15.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.15B
Div. yield
0.03%
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Best Buy leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Best Buy 5, Dick'S Sporting Goods 4, Lennox International 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBBYDKSLIILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $20.91B $12.90B $12.41B BBY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.4x 15.4x 16.6x DKS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.9x 12.5x 15.3x DKS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.4% +53.5% +1.9% DKS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.0% 4.0% 13.8% LII
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 29.0% 11.1% 27.6% BBY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 0.6x 1.4x BBY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% 0.01% DKS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +17.1% -35.8% -30.0% BBY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.1%/yr +1.6%/yr +3.4%/yr LII
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.0% 52.3% 42.9% BBY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 56/100 65/100 LII

Percentile Scorecard

BBYDKSLII

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBBYDKSLII
Valuation 65 #37 of 105 64 #38 of 105 65 #20 of 55
Growth 49 #51 of 99 47 #53 of 99 54 #24 of 51
Profitability 79 #22 of 99 60 #40 of 99 100 #1 of 51
Financial Health 56 #50 of 113 53 #54 of 113 31 #41 of 59
Shareholder Returns 74 #20 of 73 56 #33 of 73 78 #10 of 41
Overall 65 56 65
  • BBY ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • DKS ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • LII ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBBYDKSLIISPY
1 month +9.3%+4.5%-0.7% -2.3%
3 months +12.8%-29.2%-18.7% -0.7%
6 months +66.8%-34.6%-31.3% +4.8%
Year to date +43.7%-28.2%-27.2% +10.3%
1 year +17.1%-35.8%-30.0% +10.3%
3 years +43.1%+23.4%-8.6% +73.0%
3 years, per year +12.7%+7.3%-3.0% +20.1%
5 years -23.1%+8.1%+17.9% +61.9%
5 years, per year -5.1%+1.6%+3.4% +10.1%
10 years +150.5%+152.0%+149.9% +258.6%
10 years, per year +9.6%+9.7%+9.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBBYDKSLIISPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.0%52.3%42.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.6%61.6%48.5% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.460.741.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.45-0.68-0.70 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.8%-51.6%-51.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.2%-40.5%-38.3% -3.5%
52-week high $100.41$239.17$572.95 $779.14
52-week low $55.52$121.11$332.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBBYDKSLII
P/E now vs peer median 16.0xmedian 17.7x 15.1xmedian 17.7x 16.2xmedian 21.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 0.6xmedian 0.5x 2.2xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 9.0x 7.7xmedian 9.0x 11.8xmedian 13.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.4xmedian 15.9x 52.8xmedian 15.9x 14.5xmedian 17.4x
P/B now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 1.7x 2.2xmedian 1.7x 9.2xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 31.57median 0.75 -2.07median 0.75 1.26median 1.00

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBBYDKSLII
Revenue $42.20B $21.15B $5.45B
Gross profit $9.57B $6.78B $1.78B
Operating income $1.71B $1.17B $1.03B
Net income $1.27B $838.83M $749.90M
Free cash flow $1.77B $239.41M $835.70M
EPS (diluted) $5.98 $9.31 $21.74
Cash & equivalents $2.26B $913.74M $43.30M
Total debt $1.17B $1.91B $1.62B
Shares (diluted) 212.70M 90.13M 34.50M
Enterprise value $14.25B $8.81B $12.23B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBBYDKSLII
P/E 16.0x 15.1x 16.2x
P/FCF 11.4x 52.8x 14.5x
P/Operating cash flow 8.2x 7.9x 12.2x
P/S 0.5x 0.6x 2.2x
P/B 6.4x 2.2x 9.2x
P/Tangible book 6.4x 2.5x 12.3x
EV/EBITDA 7.6x 7.7x 11.8x
EV/EBIT 11.2x 11.7x 13.3x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 0.6x 2.5x
EV/FCF 10.8x 56.9x 16.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.7x 8.5x 13.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 31.57 -2.07 1.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBBYDKSLII
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.4% 53.5% 1.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.7% 18.8% 3.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.0% 36.3% -1.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 16.2% 6.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 64.9% -21.6% -6.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.8% -2.8% 11.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 63.5% -28.5% -13.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.5% -6.1% 11.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 63.0% -35.7% -11.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 0.5% -7.3% 12.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.9% 12.1% 44.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 1.7% 20.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.8% -48.5% 56.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.1% -39.3% 27.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBBYDKSLII
Gross margin 22.7% 32.1% 32.6%
EBITDA margin 5.9% 8.4% 21.2%
Operating margin 4.1% 5.5% 18.8%
Pretax margin 4.1% 5.5% 17.6%
Net margin 3.0% 4.0% 13.8%
FCF margin 4.2% 1.1% 15.3%
Operating cash flow margin 5.9% 7.5% 18.2%
Return on equity 40.5% 14.8% 57.4%
Return on assets 8.2% 4.7% 16.2%
Return on invested capital 29.0% 11.1% 27.6%
Return on capital employed 26.1% 8.9% 36.9%
Asset turnover 2.7x 1.2x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 1.9x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBBYDKSLII
Debt / assets 7.3% 10.4% 34.6%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.3x 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 0.6x 1.4x
Debt / FCF 0.7x 8.0x 1.9x
Liabilities / assets 80.2% 68.6% 71.9%
Equity / assets 19.8% 31.4% 28.1%
Interest coverage 38.0x 16.4x 16.2x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.5x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.3x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 4.23 2.69 5.74

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBBYDKSLII
Dividend yield 4.0% 3.5% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 0.7% 1.4% 3.7%
Shareholder yield 4.7% 4.9% 5.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 52.8% 24.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 184.9% 21.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 18.1% 8.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 18.0% 6.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBBYDKSLII
Forward P/E 12.9xFY2026 12.5xFY2026 15.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.25FY2026 $10.93FY2026 $22.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.8%FY2026 -17.2%FY2026 -2.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -5.0% +23.8% +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $44.26BFY2026 $21.45BFY2026 $5.75BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -8.4% +1.8% +7.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBBYDKSLII
Held by institutions 93.2% 77.2% 77.3%
Institutions holding 875 790 657
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +5.5% +1.8%
Institutions buying 464 417 317
Institutions selling 324 249 236
Buyers to sellers 1.43 1.67 1.34

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BBYDKSLII
BBY 1.00 0.29 0.17
DKS 0.29 1.00 0.29
LII 0.17 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BBY, DKS and LII?

Best Buy (BBY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Best Buy (BBY) $20.91B, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) $12.90B, Lennox International (LII) $12.41B.

Which stock is cheaper, BBY, DKS and LII?

Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Best Buy (BBY) 16.4x, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) 15.4x, Lennox International (LII) 16.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) is cheapest (Best Buy (BBY) 12.9x, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) 12.5x, Lennox International (LII) 15.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Best Buy (BBY) +1.4%, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) +53.5%, Lennox International (LII) +1.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lennox International (LII) has the highest net margin (Best Buy (BBY) 3.0%, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) 4.0%, Lennox International (LII) 13.8%). On return on invested capital, Best Buy (BBY) leads (Best Buy (BBY) 29.0%, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) 11.1%, Lennox International (LII) 27.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Best Buy (BBY) returned the most: Best Buy (BBY) +17.1%, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) -35.8%, Lennox International (LII) -30.0%. Over five years, Lennox International (LII) compounded fastest (Best Buy (BBY) -5.1%/yr, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) +1.6%/yr, Lennox International (LII) +3.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) has the highest dividend yield: Best Buy (BBY) 0.00%, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) 0.03%, Lennox International (LII) 0.01%. Best Buy (BBY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Best Buy (BBY) has been the steadiest (Best Buy (BBY) 38.0%, Dick'S Sporting Goods (DKS) 52.3%, Lennox International (LII) 42.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BBY, DKS and LII?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Best Buy (BBY) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.