BBY vs GOLD vs WW Stock Comparison

Best Buy, Gold.com and Ww International Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BBY Best Buy Co Inc
$98.51 +8.8% 1M +18.9% 1Y
Market cap
$20.53B
P/E
16.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$42.20B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
GOLD Gold.com, Inc.
$39.58 -9.9% 1M +42.5% 1Y
Market cap
$1.03B
P/E
12.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.51B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
7 wins
WW Ww International, Inc.
$13.70 -4.5% 1M -58.4% 1Y
Market cap
$142.61M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Personal Services Consumer Discretionary

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionBBYGOLDWWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $20.53B $1.03B $142.61M BBY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.1x 12.5x — GOLD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.6x 11.9x — GOLD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.4% +132.4% — GOLD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.0% 0.3% — BBY
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 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +18.9% +42.5% -58.4% GOLD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.1%/yr +1.7%/yr — GOLD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.5% 52.5% 94.9% BBY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 70/100 — GOLD

Percentile Scorecard

BBYGOLDWW

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

AxisBBYGOLDWW
Valuation 62 #40 of 104 93 #8 of 104 –
Growth 49 #51 of 99 99 #2 of 99 –
Profitability 77 #23 of 98 64 #36 of 98 –
Financial Health 56 #50 of 112 69 #36 of 112 40 #24 of 39
Shareholder Returns 72 #21 of 72 27 #53 of 72 –
Overall 63 70 –
  • BBY ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • GOLD ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • WW ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBBYGOLDWWSPY
1 month +8.8%-9.9%-4.5% -0.2%
3 months +10.1%-3.0%-0.4% +3.9%
6 months +66.7%-13.4%+39.8% +8.2%
Year to date +47.2%+16.2%-53.1% +12.9%
1 year +18.9%+42.5%-58.4% +12.3%
3 years +52.9%+42.7%— +87.4%
3 years, per year +15.2%+12.6%— +23.3%
5 years -18.7%+8.8%— +67.9%
5 years, per year -4.1%+1.7%— +10.9%
10 years +156.0%+404.5%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +9.9%+17.6%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBBYGOLDWWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.5%52.5%94.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.8%47.8%98.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.431.592.59 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.500.81-0.62 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.8%-57.9%-79.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.3%-38.3%-60.8% -1.2%
52-week high $99.85$64.14$34.92 $779.14
52-week low $55.52$24.73$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.

MultipleBBYGOLDWW
P/E now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 16.7x 12.7xmedian 16.7x —median 15.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 0.0xmedian 0.5x —median 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 9.0x 2.7xmedian 9.0x —median 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 16.5x 1.0xmedian 16.5x —median 14.5x
P/B now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 1.7x 1.2xmedian 1.7x 0.4xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 32.35median 0.72 -0.58median 0.72 —median 0.35

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 monthsBBYGOLDWW
Revenue $42.20B $25.51B –
Gross profit $9.57B $453.14M –
Operating income $1.71B $177.56M –
Net income $1.27B $88.62M –
Free cash flow $1.77B $1.21B –
EPS (diluted) $5.98 $3.02 –
Cash & equivalents $2.26B $577.98M $160.28M
Total debt $1.17B $4.21M $465.47M
Shares (diluted) 212.70M 27.26M 9.99M
Enterprise value $13.87B $69.74M -$564.74M

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
MetricBBYGOLDWW
P/E 16.4x 12.7x –
P/FCF 11.7x 1.0x –
P/Operating cash flow 8.4x 0.9x –
P/S 0.5x 0.0x –
P/B 6.5x 1.2x 0.4x
P/Tangible book 6.5x 1.5x -0.8x
EV/EBITDA 7.8x 2.7x –
EV/EBIT 11.5x 3.3x –
EV/Revenue 0.5x 0.0x –
EV/FCF 11.1x 0.5x –
EV/Operating cash flow 7.9x 0.5x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 32.35 -0.58 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBBYGOLDWW
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.4% 132.4% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.7% 40.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.0% 114.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 15.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 64.9% 147.6% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.8% -5.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) 63.5% 459.3% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.5% -17.3% –
EPS growth (1Y) 63.0% 326.2% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 0.5% -21.9% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.9% 702.6% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 248.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.8% 754.2% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 231.6% –

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBBYGOLDWW
Debt / assets 7.3% 0.1% 49.2%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.0x 1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x -2.6x –
Debt / FCF 0.7x 0.0x –
Liabilities / assets 80.2% 77.3% 66.4%
Equity / assets 19.8% 22.7% 33.6%
Interest coverage 38.0x 5.3x –
Current ratio 1.1x 1.1x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.2x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.2x 1.3x
Altman Z-score 4.25 6.84 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBBYGOLDWW
Dividend yield 3.9% 4.0% –
Net buyback yield 0.7% -12.5% –
Shareholder yield 4.6% -8.4% 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.

ConsensusBBYGOLDWW
Forward P/E 13.6xFY2026 11.9xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $7.25FY2026 $3.33FY2027 $-3.38FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.8%FY2026 +10.3%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after -5.0% +29.1% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $44.26BFY2026 $20.58BFY2027 $656.64MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2026 -19.3%FY2027 -7.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -8.4% -12.2% -9.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBBYGOLDWW
Held by institutions 93.2% 59.4% 77.9%
Institutions holding 873 222 78
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +4.0% +8.1%
Institutions buying 463 131 35
Institutions selling 323 62 17
Buyers to sellers 1.43 2.11 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.

BBYGOLDWW
BBY 1.00 0.07 0.18
GOLD 0.07 1.00 0.21
WW 0.18 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BBY, GOLD and WW?

Best Buy (BBY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Best Buy (BBY) $20.53B, Gold.com (GOLD) $1.03B, Ww International (WW) $142.61M.

Which stock is cheaper, BBY, GOLD and WW?

Gold.com (GOLD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Best Buy (BBY) 16.1x, Gold.com (GOLD) 12.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Gold.com (GOLD) is cheapest (Best Buy (BBY) 13.6x, Gold.com (GOLD) 11.9x). 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%.

Which company is more profitable?

Best Buy (BBY) has the highest net margin (Best Buy (BBY) 3.0%, Gold.com (GOLD) 0.3%). 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) +18.9%, Gold.com (GOLD) +42.5%, Ww International (WW) -58.4%. Over five years, Gold.com (GOLD) compounded fastest (Best Buy (BBY) -4.1%/yr, Gold.com (GOLD) +1.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Best Buy (BBY) has been the steadiest (Best Buy (BBY) 37.5%, Gold.com (GOLD) 52.5%, Ww International (WW) 94.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BBY, GOLD 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, Gold.com (GOLD) 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.