Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN), Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT): Don’t Give Up on Brick and Mortar

How’s Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) faring? Trailing 12-month revenue is at an all-time high. Even better, the company generated a meaningful $11.56 billion in free cash flow in the last 12 months.

It’s not the end
Does this mean that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) and Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) are better investments than Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)? Not necessarily — but don’t count brick and mortar as dead yet. As an article in The Economist eloquently explained, there are still indications that brick and mortar has a chance against e-commerce:

Bricks-and-mortar retail may be losing ground to online shopping, but it remains more profitable. The physical world is also increasingly capable of taking the fight to its online competitors. Last year online sales of shop-based American retailers grew by 29%; those of online-only merchants grew by just 21%.

Keep your eyes peeled for brick-and-mortar investment opportunities. Sometimes, the greatest investments are found in unloved sectors.

The article Don’t Give Up on Brick and Mortar originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Daniel Sparks.

Fool contributor Daniel Sparks has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Amazon.com. The Motley Fool owns shares of Amazon.com.

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