Best Buy: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Barchart · 11/26 06:09

RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Best Buy Co. (BBY) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $273 million.

The Richfield, Minnesota-based company said it had net income of $1.26 per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.30 per share.

The consumer electronics retailer posted revenue of $9.45 billion in the period, also missing Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $9.63 billion.

Best Buy expects full-year earnings in the range of $6.10 to $6.25 per share, with revenue in the range of $41.1 billion to $41.5 billion.

Best Buy shares have climbed 19% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P's 500 index has risen 26%. The stock has climbed 34% in the last 12 months.

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