The Latest Breaking News from Best Buy Co Inc

 

Retail companies have been facing several macroeconomic challenges of late that include elevated inflation and supply chain disruptions aggravated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After reporting poor first-quarter earnings, some hard-hit retail companies slashed their earnings guidance for 2022. Thus, we think it could be wise to avoid the stock…

Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) reported a first-quarter FY23 sales decline of 8.5% year-on-year to $10.65 billion, beating the consensus of $10.43 billion. Domestic revenue fell 8.7% Y/Y, and International revenue declined 5.4%. Enterprise comparable sales decreased 8% versus 37.2% growth last year. Gross profit decreased 13.3% Y/Y to $2.4 billion, and the…

“Macro conditions worsened since we provided our guidance in early March ... those trends have continued into Q2 and, as a result, we are revising our sales and profitability expectations for the year," said CEO Corie Barry.