Top U.S. consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. on Tuesday posted a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit, dragged down by sales of lower margin products such as notebook computers and video game consoles.

Shares of Best Buy, whose rivals include Circuit City Stores, Tweeter Home Entertainment Group as well as Wal-Mart, slipped in early trade after the company also forecast a full year profit that also fell short of Wall Street analysts views.

Best Buy reported net income of $192 million, or 39 cents a share for its fiscal first quarter that ended June 2, from $234 million, or 47 cents per share, a year earlier.

Analysts, on average, had been expecting it to earn 50 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates.

Revenue rose to $7.93 billion, beating analyst targets of $7.83 billion. One year ago, the Minneapolis-based company posted revenue of $6.96 billion.

Looking ahead, the company said it expects consumer spending to be difficult to predict this year, with flat-panel televisions and portable computers staying strong. But it sees sales in lower-margin categories accelerating.

Best Buy said it sees earnings per share for the year at $2.95 to $3.15, short of analysts average view of $3.16, according to Reuters Estimates.

Shares of Best Buy fell 2.4 percent on Tuesday after the report. The stock closed on Monday at $48.01 on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock is down about 2 percent for the year, and has generally hovered between $45 and $50 during that time. Over the same period the S&P 500 has risen about 8 percent.

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