Best Buy Co., Inc.

BBY Consumer Cyclical Specialty Retail

Best Buy Co., Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $41.7 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+3.61%
EPS
+69.3%
Free cash flow
+28.4%
Total debt
−0.43%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

99.39 1.97 −1.94%
Market cap
$20.9B
P/E
16.4×
Fwd P/E
14.3×
Dividend yield
3.85%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.18
Beneish M
−2.76
Dividend safety
73/100

Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) Free cash flow margin

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Best Buy Co., Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 4.19%, up 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (3.02%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.55% (fiscal 2024) to 8.92% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 33% of that period. That is above the Specialty Retail industry median of 2.61% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 3.02% (0.33)
FY2025 3.35% 1.80
FY2024 1.55% (0.38)
FY2023 1.93% (2.93)
FY2022 4.86% (4.06)
FY2021 8.92% 4.74
FY2020 4.18% 0.47
FY2019 3.71% 0.26
FY2018 3.45% (1.57)
FY2017 5.02% 3.26

Against its own ten years

Low 1.55% High 8.92%
Ten-year median 3.43%
Current reading's percentile 33

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
GME GameStop Corp. compare 19.4%
WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc. compare 16.8%
FIVE Five Below, Inc. compare 11.3%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. compare 8.87%
BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. 4.19%
TSCO Tractor Supply Company compare 3.85%
CASY Casey's General Stores, Inc. compare 3.63%
MUSA Murphy USA Inc. compare 2.88%
DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. compare 1.13%
Specialty Retail industry median 2.61%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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