Best Buy Forecasts Holiday Quarter Sales Below Estimates as Supply Issues Loom

Best Buy Forecasts Holiday Quarter Sales Below Estimates as Supply Issues Loom
A Best Buy store is seen in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 13, 2017. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
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Best Buy Co. Inc. forecast fourth-quarter comparable sales below analysts’ estimates on Tuesday, as the electronics retailer braces for a hit from likely product shortages during the crucial holiday shopping season.

The company’s shares, which have gained nearly 40 percent this year, fell 11.2 percent to $122.55 in premarket trading.