Best Buy Co Inc vs Williams-Sonoma Inc

Best Buy Co Inc (BBY) is overvalued and Williams-Sonoma Inc (WSM) is overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. BBY is the closer of the two: -57%, against -96% for WSM.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Best Buy Co Inc (BBY)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $60.51; the price of $94.82 is 57% above that value, and 71% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 59/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Williams-Sonoma Inc (WSM)

Discounting its cash flows at 11.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $118.54; the price of $232.69 is 96% above that value, and 68% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 71/100 on 9 of 12 signals

MetricBBYWSM
VerdictOvervaluedOvervalued
Price$94.82$232.69
Intrinsic value$60.51$118.54
Margin of safety-57%-96%
Leak Score59/100 (3/12)71/100 (9/12)
Market cap$19.9B$27.4B
Revenue growth, 5 years-2.5%2.9%
Operating margin4.3%19.2%
Net margin3.0%14.7%
Return on equity43.1%55.0%
Debt to equity1.300.71
P/E15.8x23.8x
Forward P/E13.1x22.1x
P/B6.3x12.8x
Dividend yield4.1%1.3%

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