Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY), Micron Technology, Inc. (MU), GameStop Corp. (GME): Can Any of These Stocks Catch Netflix, Inc. (NFLX)?

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY), Micron, and GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) have all shown considerable signs of improvement, but their results are simply “less bad” than expected. It’s not as if Best Buy is growing its top-line by 10% or GameStop is seeing same-store sales rise by 5%. In actuality, Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY)’s revenue growth is flat-to-down, GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME)’s same-store sales comp range for the year is more swayed to contraction than expansion, and Micron has reported four annual losses in the past six years. Netflix is the only company really able to expand its top-line and bottom-line of these four companies without heavy cost-cutting or fear of business cyclicality. As much as it pains me to say this, I don’t see any of these three stocks unseating Netflix as the S&P 500’s top performer when the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31.

The article Can Any of These 3 Stocks Catch Netflix? originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Sean Williams.

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