BBY vs LOVE
Best BUY Co. Inc. and Lovesac Co., side by side — 9 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
Most recent reported year
| Metric | BBY | LOVE |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $41.7B | $697.1M |
| Net income | $1.1B | $4.1M |
| Gross margin | 22.5% | 56.4% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 0.6% |
| Return on equity | 37.0% | 1.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $5.04 | $0.28 |
| Dividend / share | $3.80 | · |
| Payout ratio | 74.9% | · |
| Free cash flow | $1.3B | $26.2M |
| Equity | $3.0B | $218.7M |
| Net debt / equity | −0.19× | · |
| Current ratio | 1.11× | 1.61× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | −2.5% | 16.8% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | −9.9% | −22.7% |
BBY bills 59.8× the revenue of LOVE, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (2.6% against 0.6%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.
9 years side by side
| Fiscal year | BBY | LOVE |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $41.7B | $697.1M |
| FY2024 | $41.5B | $680.6M |
| FY2023 | $43.5B | $700.3M |
| FY2022 | $46.3B | $651.2M |
| FY2021 | $51.8B | $498.2M |
| FY2020 | $47.3B | $320.7M |
| FY2019 | $43.6B | $233.4M |
| FY2018 | $42.9B | $165.9M |
| FY2017 | $42.2B | $101.8M |
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | BBY | LOVE |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $1.1B | $4.1M |
| FY2024 | $927.0M | $11.6M |
| FY2023 | $1.2B | $23.9M |
| FY2022 | $1.4B | $26.5M |
| FY2021 | $2.5B | $47.5M |
| FY2020 | $1.8B | $14.7M |
| FY2019 | $1.5B | $-15.2M |
| FY2018 | $1.5B | $-6.7M |
| FY2017 | $1.0B | $-5.5M |
9 fiscal years
| Fiscal year | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | +$40,993,885,000 | BBY |
| FY2024 | +$40,847,372,000 | BBY |
| FY2023 | +$42,751,735,000 | BBY |
| FY2022 | +$45,646,821,000 | BBY |
| FY2021 | +$51,262,761,000 | BBY |
| FY2020 | +$46,941,262,000 | BBY |
| FY2019 | +$43,404,623,000 | BBY |
| FY2018 | +$42,713,118,703 | BBY |
| FY2017 | +$42,049,189,587 | BBY |
BBY has reported the higher revenue in every one of these 9 fiscal years. The gap has narrowed since the earliest year compared.
9 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
9 fiscal years
| Fiscal year | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | +2.0 pp | BBY |
| FY2024 | +0.5 pp | BBY |
| FY2023 | −0.6 pp | LOVE |
| FY2022 | −1.0 pp | LOVE |
| FY2021 | −4.8 pp | LOVE |
| FY2020 | −0.8 pp | LOVE |
| FY2019 | +10.0 pp | BBY |
| FY2018 | +7.5 pp | BBY |
| FY2017 | +7.8 pp | BBY |
The higher net margin has changed hands between BBY and LOVE over this period.
9 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
Standard deviation, each side
LOVE's net margin has been more volatile than BBY's over the 9 comparable fiscal years — 5.0 percentage points of standard deviation against 0.7.
9 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
Year by year
The lead in net margin changed hands between BBY and LOVE over these 9 fiscal years — BBY led in 5 and LOVE in 4.
9 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
Standard deviation, each side
LOVE's return on equity has been more volatile than BBY's over the 9 comparable fiscal years — 17.7 percentage points of standard deviation against 10.7.
9 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
Year by year
BBY led in return on equity in every one of the 9 comparable fiscal years — a structural lead, not a recent swing.
9 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.