Best Buy (BBY) Raised Comparable-Sales Guidance but Product Margins Fell. Can Ads and Marketplace Sustain Margin Recovery?

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) reported stronger fiscal second-quarter results. Revenue increased 3.6% year over year to $9.78 billion, while comparable sales rose 4.1% after increasing 1.6% a year earlier. Enterprise gross margin reached 23.9%, up from 23.2%. The composition of that margin improvement matters. The domestic gross profit rate increased 60 basis points to […]