Best Buy Co., Inc. BBY

90.51 (0.49) (0.54%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$18.8B
P/E
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Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) Operating margin

Best Buy Co., Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 4.05%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (3.33%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.04% (fiscal 2025) to 5.87% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is above the Specialty Retail industry median of 3.66% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.34%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 3.33% 0.29
FY2025 3.04% (0.58)
FY2024 3.62% (0.26)
FY2023 3.88% (1.99)
FY2022 5.87% 0.81
FY2021 5.06% 0.46
FY2020 4.60% 0.17
FY2019 4.43% 0.06
FY2018 4.37% (0.34)
FY2017 4.71% 1.23

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 4.31% 0.17
Apr 2026 4.14% (1.08)
Jan 2026 5.22% 3.17
Oct 2025 2.05% (0.61)
44 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.04% High 5.87%
Ten-year median 4.13%
Current reading's percentile 17

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc. compare 19.2%
FIVE Five Below, Inc. compare 14.8%
GME GameStop Corp. compare 13.5%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. compare 12.5%
TSCO Tractor Supply Company compare 8.51%
CASY Casey's General Stores, Inc. compare 5.88%
DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. compare 5.53%
MUSA Murphy USA Inc. compare 4.29%
BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. 4.05%
Specialty Retail industry median 3.66%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.34%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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