BBY vs SCI vs GOLD Stock Comparison

Best Buy, Service Corp International and Gold.com Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BBY Best Buy Co Inc
$99.85 +10.0% 1M +21.1% 1Y
Market cap
$20.69B
P/E
16.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$42.20B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
SCI Service Corp International
$83.32 +7.0% 1M +2.5% 1Y
Market cap
$11.33B
P/E
21.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.37B
Div. yield
0.02%
Funeral Services Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
GOLD Gold.com, Inc.
$38.47 -11.6% 1M +40.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.02B
P/E
12.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.51B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Gold.com leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Gold.com 6, Service Corp International 3, Best Buy 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBBYSCIGOLDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $20.69B $11.33B $1.02B BBY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.3x 21.1x 12.4x GOLD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.8x 20.8x 11.6x GOLD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.4% +2.9% +132.4% GOLD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.0% 12.3% 0.3% SCI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 29.0% 10.7% 14.7% BBY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 4.1x -2.6x GOLD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +21.1% +2.5% +40.8% GOLD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.4%/yr +5.5%/yr +2.5%/yr SCI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.4% 24.7% 52.5% SCI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 32/100 71/100 GOLD

Percentile Scorecard

BBYSCIGOLD

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

AxisBBYSCIGOLD
Valuation 62 #40 of 104 16 #28 of 33 94 #7 of 104
Growth 50 #50 of 99 17 #25 of 30 99 #2 of 99
Profitability 79 #22 of 99 79 #7 of 29 65 #35 of 99
Financial Health 56 #50 of 113 3 #38 of 39 70 #35 of 113
Shareholder Returns 71 #22 of 73 47 #9 of 16 25 #55 of 73
Overall 64 32 71
  • BBY ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • SCI ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • GOLD ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBBYSCIGOLDSPY
1 month +10.0%+7.0%-11.6% -1.0%
3 months +16.9%+1.2%-2.2% +2.9%
6 months +65.2%-5.0%-18.2% +6.4%
Year to date +49.2%+6.9%+13.0% +11.4%
1 year +21.1%+2.5%+40.8% +13.1%
3 years +46.9%+53.8%+36.2% +79.4%
3 years, per year +13.7%+15.5%+10.8% +21.5%
5 years -15.7%+30.9%+13.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year -3.4%+5.5%+2.5% +10.9%
10 years +153.0%+218.3%+407.9% +255.2%
10 years, per year +9.7%+12.3%+17.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureBBYSCIGOLDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.4%24.7%52.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.7%24.5%47.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.44-0.101.57 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.560.100.78 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.8%-28.6%-57.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-5.0%-40.0% -2.5%
52-week high $99.85$87.73$64.14 $779.14
52-week low $55.52$68.77$24.73 $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.

MultipleBBYSCIGOLD
P/E now vs peer median 16.6xmedian 16.7x 21.3xmedian 16.9x 12.4xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 2.6xmedian 1.3x 0.0xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 9.1x 13.4xmedian 9.4x 2.5xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.9xmedian 16.6x 21.3xmedian 14.5x 0.9xmedian 16.6x
P/B now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 1.7x 7.4xmedian 2.0x 1.2xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 32.79median 0.73 3.19median 0.33 -0.56median 0.73

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 monthsBBYSCIGOLD
Revenue $42.20B $4.37B $25.51B
Gross profit $9.57B $1.14B $453.14M
Operating income $1.71B $977.34M $177.56M
Net income $1.27B $537.74M $88.62M
Free cash flow $1.77B $535.24M $1.21B
EPS (diluted) $5.98 $3.89 $3.02
Cash & equivalents $2.26B $260.41M $577.98M
Total debt $1.17B $5.30B $714.38M
Shares (diluted) 212.70M 138.33M 27.26M
Enterprise value $14.03B $10.33B $55.59M

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
MetricBBYSCIGOLD
P/E 16.6x 21.3x 12.4x
P/FCF 11.9x 21.3x 0.9x
P/Operating cash flow 8.5x 11.0x 0.9x
P/S 0.5x 2.6x 0.0x
P/B 6.6x 7.4x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 6.6x 7.4x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 7.9x 13.4x 2.5x
EV/EBIT 11.7x 16.8x 3.1x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 3.8x 0.0x
EV/FCF 11.3x 30.7x 0.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.0x 15.8x 0.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 32.79 3.19 -0.56

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBBYSCIGOLD
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.4% 2.9% 132.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.7% 2.6% 40.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.0% 1.4% 114.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 2.3% 15.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 64.9% 2.8% 147.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.8% 4.8% -5.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 63.5% 0.5% 459.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.5% 3.1% -17.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 63.0% 3.9% 326.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 0.5% 6.7% -21.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.9% 3.2% 702.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 13.1% 248.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.8% -11.4% 754.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 18.4% 231.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBBYSCIGOLD
Gross margin 22.7% 26.0% 1.8%
EBITDA margin 5.9% 28.1% 0.8%
Operating margin 4.1% 22.4% 0.7%
Pretax margin 4.1% 16.5% 0.4%
Net margin 3.0% 12.3% 0.3%
FCF margin 4.2% 12.2% 4.7%
Operating cash flow margin 5.9% 23.7% 4.8%
Return on equity 40.5% 34.4% 9.6%
Return on assets 8.2% 2.8% 2.1%
Return on invested capital 29.0% 10.7% 14.7%
Return on capital employed 26.1% 5.4% 17.6%
Asset turnover 2.7x 0.2x 6.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 1.9x 13.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBBYSCIGOLD
Debt / assets 7.3% 27.6% 0.1%
Debt / equity 0.4x 3.4x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 4.1x -2.6x
Debt / FCF 0.7x 9.9x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 80.2% 92.0% 77.3%
Equity / assets 19.8% 8.0% 22.7%
Interest coverage 38.0x 3.8x 5.3x
Current ratio 1.1x 0.5x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.4x 0.2x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 4.27 0.79 6.83

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBBYSCIGOLD
Dividend yield 3.8% 1.7% 4.2%
Net buyback yield 0.7% 3.3% -12.8%
Shareholder yield 4.5% 4.9% -8.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 35.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 35.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 5.2% –

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.

ConsensusBBYSCIGOLD
Forward P/E 13.8xFY2026 20.8xFY2026 11.6xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $7.25FY2026 $4.00FY2026 $3.33FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +12.8%FY2026 +3.9%FY2026 +10.3%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after -4.8% +9.7% +29.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $44.26BFY2026 $4.72BFY2026 $20.58BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2026 +9.4%FY2026 -19.3%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after -8.5% +1.3% -12.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBBYSCIGOLD
Held by institutions 93.2% 94.2% 59.4%
Institutions holding 873 552 222
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +1.6% +4.0%
Institutions buying 463 231 131
Institutions selling 323 213 62
Buyers to sellers 1.43 1.08 2.11

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.

BBYSCIGOLD
BBY 1.00 0.19 0.07
SCI 0.19 1.00 0.07
GOLD 0.07 0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BBY, SCI and GOLD?

Best Buy (BBY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Best Buy (BBY) $20.69B, Service Corp International (SCI) $11.33B, Gold.com (GOLD) $1.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, BBY, SCI and GOLD?

Gold.com (GOLD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Best Buy (BBY) 16.3x, Service Corp International (SCI) 21.1x, Gold.com (GOLD) 12.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Gold.com (GOLD) is cheapest (Best Buy (BBY) 13.8x, Service Corp International (SCI) 20.8x, Gold.com (GOLD) 11.6x). 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%, Service Corp International (SCI) +2.9%, Gold.com (GOLD) +132.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Service Corp International (SCI) has the highest net margin (Best Buy (BBY) 3.0%, Service Corp International (SCI) 12.3%, Gold.com (GOLD) 0.3%). On return on invested capital, Best Buy (BBY) leads (Best Buy (BBY) 29.0%, Service Corp International (SCI) 10.7%, Gold.com (GOLD) 14.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Gold.com (GOLD) returned the most: Best Buy (BBY) +21.1%, Service Corp International (SCI) +2.5%, Gold.com (GOLD) +40.8%. Over five years, Service Corp International (SCI) compounded fastest (Best Buy (BBY) -3.4%/yr, Service Corp International (SCI) +5.5%/yr, Gold.com (GOLD) +2.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Best Buy (BBY) 0.00%, Service Corp International (SCI) 0.02%, Gold.com (GOLD) 0.00%. Best Buy (BBY) and Gold.com (GOLD) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Service Corp International (SCI) has been the steadiest (Best Buy (BBY) 37.4%, Service Corp International (SCI) 24.7%, Gold.com (GOLD) 52.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.