Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY)
Best Buy sells consumer electronics and appliances through roughly 1,000 retail stores across the US and Canada, plus an e-commerce channel that accounts for around a third of sales. Its biggest product categories are mobile phones and tablets, computers, and home appliances. Customers are everyday consumers shopping for personal technology and home goods. The company makes money on product sales margins, and also through services like Geek Squad tech support and a membership subscription program (Best Buy+). Most revenue comes from the US domestic segment.
Employees82,000IPOApr 18, 1985SIC5731HQ7601 Penn Avenue South, Richfield, MN, USA, 55423
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Financials
Profitability
Metric
Current
Margins
Gross Margin
22.7%
Operating Margin
4.3%
EBITDA Margin
6.1%
Net Margin
3.0%
OCF Margin
5.9%
FCF Margin
4.2%
Returns on Capital
ROE
43.6%
ROA
8.2%
ROIC
16.1%
ROCE
25.7%
ROC (Greenblatt)
36.4%
3Y ROIIC
19.3%
Consistency
Years Profitable / 10Y
10
Valuation
Metric
Current
Earnings Multiples
P/E (TTM)
15.41
Forward P/E
13.63
P/E ex-NRI
13.70
Shiller P/E (CAPE)
13.43
Cash Flow Multiples
P/FCF
11.06
P/OCF
7.91
P/Owner Earnings
13.40
FCF Yield
9.10%
Enterprise Value Multiples
EV / EBIT
11.95
EV / Forward EBIT
8.70
EV / EBITDA
8.25
EV / Forward EBITDA
5.88
EV / Revenue
0.51
EV / Forward Revenue
0.51
Asset / Sales
P/S
0.47
P/B
6.12
P/Tangible Book
8.15
Growth-Adjusted
PEG
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Capital Returns
Metric
Current
Dividends
Dividend Yield (TTM)
4.13%
Forward Dividend Yield
4.15%
3Y Dividend Growth
2.6%
Payout Ratio
0.57
5Y Yield on Cost
7.09%
Buybacks & Dilution
3Y Buyback Ratio
1.40%
5Y Share Change
−19.4%
Combined
Shareholder Yield
4.56%
Balance Sheet
Metric
Current
Leverage
Debt / Equity
1.30
Gross Debt / EBITDA
1.60
Cash / Debt
0.55
Equity / Assets
0.20
Coverage
Interest Coverage
40.73
Short-Term Liquidity
Current Ratio
1.12
Quick Ratio
0.41
Cash Ratio
0.25
Composite Scores
Piotroski F-Score
7
Altman Z-Score
4.19
Split History
Date
Split
2005-08-04
1.5:1
2002-05-13
1.5:1
1999-03-19
2:1
1998-05-27
2:1
1994-04-29
2:1
1993-09-02
1.5:1
1987-02-24
1.5:1
1986-04-01
2:1
Ex-date
Amount
Pay date
2026-09-17
$0.96
2026-10-08
2026-06-18
$0.96
2026-07-09
2026-03-24
$0.96
2026-04-14
2025-12-16
$0.95
2026-01-06
2025-09-18
$0.95
2025-10-09
2025-06-18
$0.95
2025-07-10
2025-03-25
$0.95
2025-04-15
2024-12-17
$0.94
2025-01-07
2024-09-19
$0.94
2024-10-10
2024-06-20
$0.94
2024-07-11
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Transcript
Type
2026-08-27
Q2 2027 Best Buy Co Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2026-06-12
Best Buy Co Inc Annual Shareholders Meeting Transcript
Shareholders and Annual Meetings
2026-05-28
Q1 2027 Best Buy Co Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2026-03-12
Best Buy Co Inc at UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference Transcript
Conference Presentations
2026-03-03
Q4 2026 Best Buy Co Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-11-25
Q3 2026 Best Buy Co Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-08-28
Q2 2026 Best Buy Co Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-05-29
Q1 2026 Best Buy Co Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-03-04
Q4 2025 Best Buy Co Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2024-11-26
Q3 2025 Best Buy Co Inc Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
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5-Step DuPont Analysis
ROE %
43.13%
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Net Margin %
3.01%
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Operating Margin %
4.34%
Operating Income
$1.83B
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Revenue
$42.20B
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Tax Burden
0.7323
Net Income
$1.27B
÷
Pretax Income
$1.74B
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Interest Burden
0.9476
Pretax Income
$1.74B
÷
Operating Income
$1.83B
×
Asset Turnover
2.69
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Revenue
$42.20B
÷
Average Total Assets
$15.68B
Begin Total Assets
$15.25B
End Total Assets
$16.11B
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Equity Multiplier
5.32
÷
Avg Total Assets
$15.68B
÷
Avg Stockholders Equity
$2.95B
Begin Equity
$2.72B
End Equity
$3.18B
Top institutional holders
Q2 2026| Holder | Shares | % Owned | Chg. shares | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 25.5M | 12.16% | +60.2K | $1.93B |
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| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 12.9M | 6.17% | +142.8K | $980.93M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 9.2M | 4.40% | -550.7K | $699.60M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 8.0M | 3.81% | +289.4K | $617.94M |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 6.9M | 3.28% | +705.9K | $521.54M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 5.1M | 2.42% | -421.5K | $385.13M |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 4.8M | 2.31% | -291.6K | $376.14M |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 4.4M | 2.11% | +311.7K | $335.38M |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 3.8M | 1.82% | -2.3M | $288.79M |
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as reported| Insider | Shares held | % Owned | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Corie SOfficer | 523.1K | 0.2497% | $48.46M |
| Scarlett KathleenOfficer | 116.2K | 0.0554% | $10.76M |
| Bonfig Jason JOfficer | 79.1K | 0.0378% | $7.33M |
| Bilunas Matthew MOfficer | 76.9K | 0.0367% | $7.12M |
| Caputo LisaDirector | 65.1K | 0.0311% | $6.03M |
| Harmon DamienOfficer | 56.8K | 0.0271% | $5.26M |
| KENNY DAVID WDirector | 56.5K | 0.0270% | $5.24M |
| McLoughlin KarenDirector | 40.9K | 0.0195% | $3.79M |
| SCHULZE RICHARD MInsider | — | — | — |
| Hartman Todd G.Officer | — | — | — |
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through Sep 23, 2026| Insider | Action | Shares | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlett KathleenOfficer | Option Exercise (Rule 16b-3 Exempt) | +96.2K | $6.78M | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Scarlett KathleenOfficer | Open-Market or Private Sale | -28.0K | $2.58M | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Scarlett KathleenOfficer | Open-Market or Private Sale | -88.1K | $8.11M | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Scarlett KathleenOfficer | Grant/Award (Rule 16b-3(d)) | +32.3K | $0 | Sep 20, 2026 |
| SCHULZE RICHARD MInsider | Gift | +300.0K | $0 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| SCHULZE RICHARD MInsider | Open-Market or Private Sale | -52.7K | $4.89M | Sep 16, 2026 |
| SCHULZE RICHARD MInsider | Open-Market or Private Sale | -247.3K | $22.86M | Sep 16, 2026 |
| SCHULZE RICHARD MInsider | Gift | -300.0K | $0 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| BRAMMAN ANNE LOfficer | Grant/Award (Rule 16b-3(d)) | +19.0K | $0 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| BRAMMAN ANNE LOfficer | Grant/Award (Rule 16b-3(d)) | +14.6K | $0 | Aug 20, 2026 |
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