BBY vs GOLD vs SIG Stock Comparison

Best Buy, Gold.com and Signet Jewelers Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BBY Best Buy Co Inc
$97.91 +8.2% 1M +17.6% 1Y
Market cap
$20.60B
P/E
16.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$42.20B
Div. yield
3.91%
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
GOLD Gold.com, Inc.
$38.65 -12.0% 1M +37.9% 1Y
Market cap
$1.13B
P/E
12.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.51B
Div. yield
4.14%
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
6 wins
SIG Signet Jewelers Ltd
$115.01 +12.5% 1M +10.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.45B
P/E
12.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.82B
Div. yield
1.19%
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Gold.com leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Gold.com 6, Best Buy 3, Signet Jewelers 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBBYGOLDSIGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $20.60B $1.13B $4.45B BBY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.3x 12.4x 12.7x GOLD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.5x 11.6x 9.5x SIG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.4% +132.4% +0.6% GOLD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.0% 0.3% 5.2% SIG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 29.0% 14.7% — BBY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x -2.6x — GOLD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 3.91% 4.14% 1.19% GOLD
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +17.6% +37.9% +10.9% GOLD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.8%/yr +1.6%/yr +5.8%/yr SIG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.5% 52.6% 50.0% BBY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 71/100 67/100 GOLD

Percentile Scorecard

BBYGOLDSIG

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

AxisBBYGOLDSIG
Valuation 63 #39 of 104 95 #6 of 104 76 #26 of 104
Growth 49 #51 of 99 99 #2 of 99 47 #53 of 99
Profitability 78 #23 of 99 64 #36 of 99 71 #29 of 99
Financial Health 56 #50 of 113 69 #36 of 113 58 #48 of 113
Shareholder Returns 71 #22 of 73 26 #54 of 73 81 #15 of 73
Overall 63 71 67
  • BBY ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • GOLD ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • SIG ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBBYGOLDSIGSPY
1 month +8.2%-12.0%+12.5% -0.8%
3 months +10.7%-6.1%+20.2% +3.5%
6 months +65.2%-18.1%+31.0% +7.0%
Year to date +46.3%+13.5%+38.8% +12.2%
1 year +17.6%+37.9%+10.9% +13.0%
3 years +52.0%+39.3%+69.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +15.0%+11.7%+19.3% +23.1%
5 years -17.5%+8.0%+32.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -3.8%+1.6%+5.8% +11.0%
10 years +149.2%+408.9%+39.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +9.6%+17.7%+3.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBBYGOLDSIGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.5%52.6%50.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.8%47.8%43.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.431.581.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.470.720.22 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.8%-57.9%-57.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.9%-39.7%-2.8% -1.8%
52-week high $99.85$64.14$118.38 $779.14
52-week low $55.52$24.73$73.94 $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.

MultipleBBYGOLDSIG
P/E now vs peer median 16.3xmedian 16.7x 12.4xmedian 16.7x 12.7xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 0.0xmedian 0.5x 0.7xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 9.0x 2.5xmedian 9.0x 6.4xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 16.5x 0.9xmedian 16.5x 8.3xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 1.7x 1.2xmedian 1.7x 2.4xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 32.15median 0.72 -0.57median 0.72 4.90median 0.72

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 monthsBBYGOLDSIG
Revenue $42.20B $25.51B $6.82B
Gross profit $9.57B $453.14M $2.66B
Operating income $1.71B $177.56M $466.60M
Net income $1.27B $88.62M $353.80M
Free cash flow $1.77B $1.21B $536.50M
EPS (diluted) $5.98 $3.02 $9.00
Cash & equivalents $2.26B $577.98M $526.80M
Total debt $1.17B $4.21M –
Shares (diluted) 212.70M 27.26M 39.30M
Enterprise value $13.94B $225.34M $2.21B

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
MetricBBYGOLDSIG
P/E 16.3x 12.4x 12.7x
P/FCF 11.7x 0.9x 8.3x
P/Operating cash flow 8.3x 0.9x 6.4x
P/S 0.5x 0.0x 0.7x
P/B 6.5x 1.2x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 6.5x 1.4x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA 7.8x 2.5x 6.4x
EV/EBIT 11.4x 3.1x 8.4x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 0.0x 0.6x
EV/FCF 11.0x 0.5x 7.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.9x 0.5x 5.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 32.15 -0.57 4.90

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBBYGOLDSIG
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.4% 132.4% 0.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.7% 40.1% -3.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.0% 114.8% -0.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 15.4% -2.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 64.9% 147.6% 119.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.8% -5.3% -8.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 63.5% 459.3% 168.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.5% -17.3% -10.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 63.0% 326.2% 183.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 0.5% -21.9% 2.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.9% 702.6% 12.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 248.5% 1.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.8% 754.2% 18.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 231.6% 0.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBBYGOLDSIG
Gross margin 22.7% 1.8% 39.1%
EBITDA margin 5.9% 0.8% 8.9%
Operating margin 4.1% 0.7% 6.8%
Pretax margin 4.1% 0.4% 6.8%
Net margin 3.0% 0.3% 5.2%
FCF margin 4.2% 4.7% 7.9%
Operating cash flow margin 5.9% 4.8% 10.2%
Return on equity 40.5% 9.6% 19.0%
Return on assets 8.2% 2.1% 6.3%
Return on invested capital 29.0% 14.7% –
Return on capital employed 26.1% 17.6% 11.7%
Asset turnover 2.7x 6.1x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 13.8x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.0% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBBYGOLDSIG
Debt / assets 7.3% 0.1% –
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.0x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x -2.6x –
Debt / FCF 0.7x 0.0x –
Liabilities / assets 80.2% 77.3% 67.1%
Equity / assets 19.8% 22.7% 32.9%
Interest coverage 38.0x 5.3x –
Current ratio 1.1x 1.1x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 4.25 6.83 3.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBBYGOLDSIG
Dividend yield 3.9% 4.1% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 0.7% -12.8% 5.1%
Shareholder yield 4.6% -8.6% 6.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 15.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 9.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 12.0%

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.

ConsensusBBYGOLDSIG
Forward P/E 13.5xFY2026 11.6xFY2027 9.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.25FY2026 $3.33FY2027 $12.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.8%FY2026 +10.3%FY2027 +26.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -4.8% +29.1% +8.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $44.26BFY2026 $20.58BFY2027 $7.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2026 -19.3%FY2027 +5.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -8.5% -12.2% -7.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBBYGOLDSIG
Held by institutions 93.2% 59.4% 100.0%
Institutions holding 873 222 333
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +4.0% -2.7%
Institutions buying 463 131 174
Institutions selling 323 62 112
Buyers to sellers 1.43 2.11 1.55

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.

BBYGOLDSIG
BBY 1.00 0.07 0.37
GOLD 0.07 1.00 0.25
SIG 0.37 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BBY, GOLD and SIG?

Best Buy (BBY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Best Buy (BBY) $20.60B, Gold.com (GOLD) $1.13B, Signet Jewelers (SIG) $4.45B.

Which stock is cheaper, BBY, GOLD and SIG?

Gold.com (GOLD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Best Buy (BBY) 16.3x, Gold.com (GOLD) 12.4x, Signet Jewelers (SIG) 12.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Signet Jewelers (SIG) is cheapest (Best Buy (BBY) 13.5x, Gold.com (GOLD) 11.6x, Signet Jewelers (SIG) 9.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Gold.com (GOLD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Best Buy (BBY) +1.4%, Gold.com (GOLD) +132.4%, Signet Jewelers (SIG) +0.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Signet Jewelers (SIG) has the highest net margin (Best Buy (BBY) 3.0%, Gold.com (GOLD) 0.3%, Signet Jewelers (SIG) 5.2%). On return on invested capital, Best Buy (BBY) leads (Best Buy (BBY) 29.0%, Gold.com (GOLD) 14.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Gold.com (GOLD) returned the most: Best Buy (BBY) +17.6%, Gold.com (GOLD) +37.9%, Signet Jewelers (SIG) +10.9%. Over five years, Signet Jewelers (SIG) compounded fastest (Best Buy (BBY) -3.8%/yr, Gold.com (GOLD) +1.6%/yr, Signet Jewelers (SIG) +5.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Gold.com (GOLD) has the highest dividend yield: Best Buy (BBY) 3.91%, Gold.com (GOLD) 4.14%, Signet Jewelers (SIG) 1.19%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Best Buy (BBY) has been the steadiest (Best Buy (BBY) 37.5%, Gold.com (GOLD) 52.6%, Signet Jewelers (SIG) 50.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BBY, GOLD and SIG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Gold.com (GOLD) leads on 6. 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.