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Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY) $47.46 Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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Best Buy Co. Inc. Index Membership – NYSE – S&P 500 – S&P Composite 1500 Index Sector – Services Industry – Electronic Stores
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Best Buy Co., Inc. is an innovative Fortune 100 growth company and North America No. 1 consumer electronics retailer and entertainment software which operates more than 1,100 stores in the U.S., Canada, and China. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota Founded in 1966 – 128,000 Employees – 2,000 Stockholders Best Buy Co. Inc.
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Best Buy Operations Operate retail stores and commercial websites under the brand names: –Best Buy Stores Consumer Electronics –Future Shop Canadian Based Electronic Retail Store –Magnolia Audio Video High-end audio and video products and services –Geek Squad 24-Hour Computer support
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Overall Store Development Best Buy (US): 771 Best Buy (Canada): 44 Future Shop (Canada): 119 Magnolia Audio Stores: 20 Pacific Sales Showroom: 14 Five Star Stores (China): 131
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Best Buy Product Groups Consumer Electronic – Largest Product Group for 2006 – Video Products, Audio Products, and Services Home Office – Notebook, Desktop, and Services Entertainment Software – DVDs, Video Games, Software, and CDs Appliances – Refrigerators, microwaves, washers & dryers
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Product Groups’ Performance
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Acquisitions 2001 –Magnolia Audio and Video –Future Shop Ltd. –Musicland Stores Corp. 2002 –Geek Squad 2003 –Echo Networks Inc.
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Acquisitions (cont.) 2006 –Assets of AV Audiovisions, Inc. –Howell & Associates –Jiangsu Five Star Appliance Co. –Pacific Sales Kitchen and Bath Centers, Inc. 2007 –Speakeasy Inc.
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Acquisitions
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Competitors Online Retail – Amazon Regional Discount Store Wholesale Clubs – Sam’s Club, Costco Video Rental Stores – Blockbuster, Netflix Specialty Retail Store – Circuit City, Comp USA, Lowe’s
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Best Buy Vs. Circuit City
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Financial Statistics Current Ratio: 1.44 –Capable of paying off obligations Quick Ratio: 0.80 –Suggests that Best Buy holds a lot of inventory; retail store Inventory Turnover: 7.89 –Days in inventory: 46.26 days Total Debt/Equity: 0.105 Beta: 1.8
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Financial Statistics (cont.) ROA: 9.82% –Management is using and selecting assets efficiently ROE: 24.04% –Suggests possible stock price increase TIE: 58.36 –Likelihood of bankruptcy is low Profit Margin: 3.83%
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Stock Performance FY 06 return on invested capital was 18.7%, above the Computer and Electronics Trail sub-industry (16.7%) and the Consumer Discretionary sector (5.3%) –Superior gross margins –Reduction in the cost of new store openings –Improved sales productivity at new stores
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Stock Performance
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Recent Company News March 27, 2007: Best Buy Acquires Speakeasy Inc. April 4, 2007: Best Buy to offer Apple Computers in 200 stores April 5, 2007: Best Buy Announces Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend Raise
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Risk Factors Competition –Numerous rivals & strong price competition Reliance –Reliance on suppliers –Rely on 4th Quarter Earnings Economy –Sharp decline in economic climate resulting in declined consumer confidence
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Best Buy Goals International Growth –Canada & China Build small business capabilities –Best Buy for Business –Training 900 Microsoft Employees Grow organically –Plan on establishing 90 new stores in North America in 2007
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Conclusion Buy No. 1 specialty retailer of consumer electronics –18% market share of the consumer electronics retailer market in US Potential growth through subsidiaries High-quality Customer Service Potential increase in sales
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