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Why is short interest in Best Buy less than its peers? What is the short interest in consumer electronics retailer Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) ahead of its second-quarter financial results on August 30?
On the last trading day, Best Buy had roughly 12 million shares in short interest, reflecting 5.97% of its outstanding shares. By midday Aug. 19, 5.5 million Best Buy shares are available to be shorted, according to management consulting company Fintel.
BBY stock dipped nearly 4% at close of trading Aug. 19 and had another marginal decline at the start of this week. The company’s stock was almost in the green last week, after peaking at $86.35 on Tuesday, and creating a new multi-month high. However, BBY eventually closed lower on the week thanks in part to the aforementioned 4% drop.
Keeping off the most shorted list
Despite the challenges it had to endure, Best Buy remains absent from the list of most shorted stocks.
The list of stocks on the most-shorted list in August, include Intercept Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ICPT), Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY), MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), WeWork (NYSE: WE), Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND). All the above stocks have short interest above 35.00% of its outstanding shares.
Best Buy's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 25.57%, which means it has far less short interest than most of its peers.
Second-quarter outlook
Like other retailers, the company is sailing in murky waters given current macroeconomic conditions. High inflation rate, interest hikes and even energy cost could add more challenges to these companies.
For Best Buy, some think the company's revenue and profitability are on-track to recovery after record-lows in the first quarter, setting the stage for a long-term rebound after bottoming in July.
However, Best Buy, may not be so bullish in its own outlook. BBY is slated to announce second-quarter results on August 30 and it expects to report a roughly 13% decline in comparable sales and an approximately 7.5% hike in revenue compared with the pre-pandemic second quarter of fiscal-year 2022.
Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said, "as high inflation has continued and consumer sentiment has deteriorated, customer demand within the consumer electronics industry has softened even further, leading to Q2 financial results below the expectations we shared in May."
The company also plans to suspend share buybacks but assured the payment of quarterly dividends.
$BBY a "Best Buy" at these prices Best Buy is looking very attractive at these levels currently trading at a 8 PE ratio with over a 4% dividend yield at a 33% payout ratio. It is currently being priced for flat to declining revenue in the short term. Regardless of this their fundamentals are very strong and financials are very healthy so even in this scenario they will be returning capital to shareholders though dividends and buy backs which they have a very robust balance sheet to support. Their interest expense is near non existent so they will not be negatively from rising rates and will have access to cheap capital if they ever need it. Additionally they have a very high ROIC around 25% while WACC is sub 10% so they are in a very financially good position to take advantage of any growth opportunities.
Technically they are near their bottom channel puncturing the weekly moving averages and is testing a former consolidation area from 2017-2020
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Trend:
Below 50,100 and 200 EMA
Positive ADX, DI below 20
Trend seems to be weak
Macro impact:
Consumer cyclical stock are not a good buy
Inflation impact on consumer purchase
High interest impacting credit buying
Recommendation:
Wait for price to cross above the resistance @ 97.96 for re-assessment
Short BBY @ 91.96. Fractal breakout.Entered short position on BBY on apr 22 with a fractal breakout to the downside and a sleeping alligator.
Adding if price breaks the weekly fractal of 88.51.
Stop loss is the daily Balance Line (red, if price closes above the Alligator's teeth).
Target, as usual is defined by the market, whenever the trend ends.
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Sentiment: Optimistic.
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Null Hypothesis: Buy.
Alternative Hypothesis: Sell.
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About the Security: "Best Buy Co., Inc. engages in the provision of consumer technology products and services. It operates through two business segments: Domestic and International. The Domestic segment includes operations in all states, districts, and territories of the U.S., operating under various brand names, including Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, Napster, and Pacific Sales. The International segment is made up of all operations outside the U.S. and its territories, including Canada, Europe, China, Mexico, and Turkey. It also markets its products under the brand names: Best Buy, bestbuy.com, Best Buy Direct, Best Buy Express, Best Buy Mobile, Geek Squad, GreatCall, Magnolia and Pacific Kitchen and Home. The company was founded by Richard M. Schulze in 1966 and is headquartered in Richfield, MN."
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