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Best BuyBBY

Computer & Electronics Retail · Richfield, Minnesota · In the S&P 500
Cheaper than peers
$95.65−4.72%After hours: $95.65 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 13.9% over 1 year
Best Buy over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$60$80$100Nov2026MarMayJulSep$95.65$60$80$100NovMarJul$95.65
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$20.06B
Price to earnings15.9x
Forward P/E13.6x
Dividend yield4.01%
Year to date+42.9%
One year+13.9%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Discretionary
52-week range (closes)
$55.52$100.39

Quality and valuation

How Best Buy compares with other consumer discretionary stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Best Buy and 5 computer & electronics retail peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: weaker than mostValuation: cheaper than most

A weaker business than most consumer discretionary companies, priced below most of them.

Best Buy trades at 13.6 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 19.5x for the 66 consumer discretionary stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +1.4% vs +8.1%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 22.7% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 4.1% vs 13.8%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 4.2% vs 10.1%
BBY trades at 13.6x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Computer & Electronics Retail peers
BABA12.3xBBY13.6xTM14.3xMCD19.6xHD21.4xAMZN25.7xTJX26.0xTSLA218.4xSector median 19.5xBABA12.3xBBY13.6xTM14.3xMCD19.6xHD21.4xAMZN25.7xTJX26.0xTSLA218.4xSector median 19.5x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 15.9x earnings, BBY is cheaper than its average since Sep 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
20xAverage 16.9x2025202615.9x20xAverage 16.9x2025202615.9x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Best Buy's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 1 Aug 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 3.6% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’27
$0bn$5bn$10bnQ3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’26$9.8bnQ2 ’27$0bn$5bn$10bnQ3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’26$9.8bnQ2 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +3.6% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
−2%0%2%Q3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’263.6%Q2 ’270%Q3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’263.6%Q2 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 4.3% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%2%4%Q3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’264.3%Q2 ’270%2%4%Q3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’264.3%Q2 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.8 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $bn
$0.0bn$0.5bn$1.0bnQ3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’26$0.7bnQ2 ’27$0bn$1bnQ3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’26$0.7bnQ2 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsBBYSector median
Revenue growth+1.4%+8.1%
Gross margin22.7%40.5%
Operating margin4.1%13.8%
Free cash flow margin4.2%10.1%
Price to earnings15.9x21.0x

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