Best Buy Co. Inc. shares are up 1.4% in Thursday premarket trading after the consumer electronics retailer reported first-quarter earnings and sales that beat expectations. Net income for the quarter was $208 million, or 72 cents per share, up from $188 billion, or 60 cents per share, for the same period last year. Adjusted EPS was 82 cents. Sales totaled $9.11 billion, up from $8.53 billion last year. The FactSet consensus was for EPS of 74 cents and sales of $8.74 billion. Same-store sales growth of 7.1% blew past the FactSet consensus for 2.5% growth. The company expects second-quarter revenue of $9.1 billion to $9.2 billion, adjusted EPS of 77 cents to 82 cents, and same-store sales growth of 3% to 4%. The FactSet consensus is for revenue of $9.04 billion, EPS of 82 cents and same-store sales growth of 1.7%. Best Buy shares are up 11% for the year to date, outpacing the S&P 500 index which is up 2.2% for the period.