BBY vs FCFS vs WW Stock Comparison

Best Buy, FirstCash Holdings and Ww International Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BBY Best Buy Co Inc
$99.35 +17.1% 1M +22.8% 1Y
Market cap
$21.05B
P/E
16.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$42.20B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
7 wins
FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc.
$187.55 -11.9% 1M +15.6% 1Y
Market cap
$7.99B
P/E
19.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.29B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
4 wins
WW Ww International, Inc.
$12.75 -18.7% 1M -61.6% 1Y
Market cap
$112.65M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Personal Services Consumer Discretionary

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Best Buy leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Best Buy 7, FirstCash Holdings 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBBYFCFSWWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.05B $7.99B $112.65M BBY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.5x 19.7x — BBY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.7x 16.4x — BBY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.4% +22.9% — FCFS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.0% 9.5% — FCFS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 29.0% 8.7% — BBY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 3.3x — BBY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +22.8% +15.6% -61.6% BBY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.1%/yr +16.8%/yr — FCFS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.7% 36.8% 95.1% FCFS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 58/100 — BBY

Percentile Scorecard

BBYFCFSWW

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

AxisBBYFCFSWW
Valuation 62 #42 of 108 44 #94 of 168 –
Growth 53 #49 of 104 75 #42 of 163 –
Profitability 78 #23 of 103 75 #39 of 154 –
Financial Health 56 #51 of 114 67 #54 of 161 39 #25 of 40
Shareholder Returns 74 #21 of 77 27 #99 of 136 –
Overall 65 58 –
  • BBY ranked among 116 companies in Retail
  • FCFS ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit
  • WW ranked among 40 companies in Consumer Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBBYFCFSWWSPY
1 month +17.1%-11.9%-18.7% -5.9%
3 months +24.2%-8.8%-24.5% -4.6%
6 months +69.7%-16.6%+39.0% +0.2%
Year to date +48.4%+17.7%-56.4% +7.5%
1 year +22.8%+15.6%-61.6% +8.2%
3 years +48.4%+70.7%— +68.3%
3 years, per year +14.1%+19.5%— +19.0%
5 years -23.0%+116.9%— +56.5%
5 years, per year -5.1%+16.8%— +9.4%
10 years +160.1%+312.7%— +251.5%
10 years, per year +10.0%+15.2%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureBBYFCFSWWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.7%36.8%95.1% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.5%40.9%98.8% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.500.752.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.590.42-0.65 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.8%-30.3%-79.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.0%-20.7%-63.0% -5.9%
52-week high $101.35$236.43$34.43 $779.14
52-week low $55.52$148.05$9.12 $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.

MultipleBBYFCFSWW
P/E now vs peer median 16.5xmedian 18.8x 19.9xmedian 11.9x —median 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 1.9xmedian 2.7x —median 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 9.0x 15.0xmedian 12.1x —median 8.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 15.3x 15.5xmedian 5.4x —median 10.5x
P/B now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 1.8x 3.5xmedian 0.7x 0.4xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 32.63median 0.87 0.87median 0.34 —median 0.28

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 monthsBBYFCFSWW
Revenue $42.20B $4.29B –
Gross profit $9.57B $2.15B –
Operating income $1.71B $553.59M –
Net income $1.27B $406.49M –
Free cash flow $1.77B $518.18M –
EPS (diluted) $5.98 $9.38 –
Cash & equivalents $2.26B $203.16M $160.28M
Total debt $1.17B $2.45B $465.47M
Shares (diluted) 212.70M 43.34M 9.99M
Enterprise value $14.38B $7.36B -$594.70M

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
MetricBBYFCFSWW
P/E 16.5x 19.9x –
P/FCF 11.8x 15.5x –
P/Operating cash flow 8.4x 11.8x –
P/S 0.5x 1.9x –
P/B 6.6x 3.5x 0.4x
P/Tangible book 6.6x 3.9x -0.7x
EV/EBITDA 7.9x 15.0x –
EV/EBIT 11.6x 18.6x –
EV/Revenue 0.5x 2.4x –
EV/FCF 11.2x 19.9x –
EV/Operating cash flow 8.0x 15.2x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 32.63 0.87 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBBYFCFSWW
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.4% 22.9% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.7% 12.0% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.0% 23.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 14.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 64.9% 33.6% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.8% 22.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) 63.5% 31.2% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.5% 20.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) 63.0% 34.7% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 0.5% 22.8% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.9% 17.6% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 13.8% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.8% 14.7% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 8.8% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBBYFCFSWW
Gross margin 22.7% 50.2% –
EBITDA margin 5.9% 16.0% –
Operating margin 4.1% 12.9% –
Pretax margin 4.1% 12.9% –
Net margin 3.0% 9.5% –
FCF margin 4.2% 12.1% –
Operating cash flow margin 5.9% 15.8% –
Return on equity 40.5% 17.7% –
Return on assets 8.2% 7.4% –
Return on invested capital 29.0% 8.7% –
Return on capital employed 26.1% 10.9% –
Asset turnover 2.7x 0.8x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 1.7x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.5% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBBYFCFSWW
Debt / assets 7.3% 44.0% 49.2%
Debt / equity 0.4x 1.1x 1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 3.3x –
Debt / FCF 0.7x 4.7x –
Liabilities / assets 80.2% 59.1% 66.4%
Equity / assets 19.8% 40.9% 33.6%
Interest coverage 38.0x 3.9x –
Current ratio 1.1x 4.8x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.5x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.5x 1.3x
Altman Z-score 4.26 3.40 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBBYFCFSWW
Dividend yield 3.9% 0.9% –
Net buyback yield 0.7% 3.4% –
Shareholder yield 4.5% 4.3% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusBBYFCFSWW
Forward P/E 13.7xFY2026 16.4xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $7.25FY2026 $11.43FY2026 $-3.38FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.8%FY2026 +30.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after -5.0% +8.7% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $44.26BFY2026 $4.25BFY2026 $656.64MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2026 +16.2%FY2026 -7.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -8.4% +2.9% -9.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBBYFCFSWW
Held by institutions 93.2% 97.2% 77.9%
Institutions holding 876 502 78
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +2.9% +8.1%
Institutions buying 464 255 35
Institutions selling 325 166 17
Buyers to sellers 1.43 1.54 2.06

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.

BBYFCFSWW
BBY 1.00 -0.01 0.15
FCFS -0.01 1.00 0.07
WW 0.15 0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BBY, FCFS and WW?

Best Buy (BBY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Best Buy (BBY) $21.05B, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) $7.99B, Ww International (WW) $112.65M.

Which stock is cheaper, BBY, FCFS and WW?

Best Buy (BBY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Best Buy (BBY) 16.5x, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) 19.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Best Buy (BBY) is cheapest (Best Buy (BBY) 13.7x, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) 16.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Best Buy (BBY) +1.4%, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) +22.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) has the highest net margin (Best Buy (BBY) 3.0%, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) 9.5%). On return on invested capital, Best Buy (BBY) leads (Best Buy (BBY) 29.0%, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) 8.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Best Buy (BBY) returned the most: Best Buy (BBY) +22.8%, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) +15.6%, Ww International (WW) -61.6%. Over five years, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) compounded fastest (Best Buy (BBY) -5.1%/yr, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) +16.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) has been the steadiest (Best Buy (BBY) 38.7%, FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) 36.8%, Ww International (WW) 95.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BBY, FCFS and WW?

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 7. 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.