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) Return on invested capital

Best Buy Co., Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 51.0%, up 14.8 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (36.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 30.4% (fiscal 2016) to 318.0% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 42% of that period. That is above the Specialty Retail industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.17%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 36.1% 3.05
FY2025 33.1% (2.41)
FY2024 35.5% (18.00)
FY2023 53.5% (91.16)
FY2022 144.7% (173.29)
FY2021 318.0% 268.14
FY2020 49.8% 6.06
FY2019 43.8% (19.06)
FY2018 62.8% 8.99
FY2017 53.8% 23.46

Against its own ten years

Low 30.4% High 318.0%
Ten-year median 46.8%
Current reading's percentile 42

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc. compare 86.4%
BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. 51.0%
FIVE Five Below, Inc. compare 38.0%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. compare 36.4%
MUSA Murphy USA Inc. compare 20.6%
TSCO Tractor Supply Company compare 18.2%
CASY Casey's General Stores, Inc. compare 11.4%
DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. compare 10.9%
GME GameStop Corp. compare 5.72%
Specialty Retail industry median 0.00%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.17%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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