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Best BUY Co. Inc. BBY

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only

8 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH

Revenue

$41.7B

▲ 0.4% YoY

Net income

$1.1B

▲ 15.3% YoY

Free cash flow

$1.3B

▼ 9.6% YoY

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In brief

What this company does

It had 1,068 stores at the end of fiscal 2026. At the end of that fiscal year it employed approximately 82,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada. Its 20 largest suppliers accounted for approximately 80% of the merchandise it purchased, with five suppliers, Apple, Samsung, HP, LG and Sony, representing approximately 55% of total merchandise purchased. The company reports two segments, Domestic and International. The Domestic segment is comprised of operations in all states, districts and territories of the U.S. and the Best Buy Health business, and includes the brand names Best Buy, Geek Squad, Insignia, Lively, Jitterbug, Pacific Kitchen and Home, TechLiquidators and Yardbird. It was incorporated in the state of Minnesota in 1966.

Written from the business description in BEST BUY CO INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 18 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 41.7B

Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below

Revenue $B Net income $B

FY2025 · Revenue 41.7 · Net income 1.1

20B40B

2007201020142017202020232025

Compound annual growth

Revenue

−3.4%

−2.5%

+0.5%

Net income

−9.0%

−9.9%

+1.8%

EPS, diluted

−7.1%

−5.9%

+7.0%

Dividend / share

+2.6%

+11.6%

+10.3%

Returned to shareholders

−15.7%

+4.6%

−3.1%

3 yrs

5 yrs

10 yrs

15 yrs

Revenue compounded at −2.5% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

3 cents

of every revenue dollar became profit

Operating margin Net margin

FY2025 · Operating 3.3% · Net 2.6%

2%4%

200720162025

ROE

FY2025 · ROE 37.0%

20%40%60%-10%-20%

200720162025

Three returns, three denominators.

Return on equity37.0%

Return on assets7.3%

Return on capital employed20.2%

Gross margin22.5%

Operating margin3.3%

Net margin2.6%

EBITDAUSD 2.2B

Each USD of equity produced 37 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 1.1B

returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks

Free cash flow $B

FY2025 · FCF 1.3

2B3B

200720162025

Net buybacks $B Dividends $B

FY2025 · Dividends 0.8 · Net buybacks 0.3

2B3BDividendsNet buybacks

2007201020142017202020232025

Dividends paidUSD 801.0M

Net buybacksUSD 268.0M

Share of profit100.0%

Consecutive raises8 years

USD 801.0M in dividends and USD 268.0M in buybacks — 100% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 14.7B

EquityUSD 3.0B

CashUSD 1.7B

Gross debtUSD 1.2B

Net debtUSD -573.0M

Current ratio1.11×

The company holds more cash than debt.

The 18-year record

18 fiscal years

Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD

row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data

BBY, 18-year financial record
Metric	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Revenue $B	41.7	41.5	43.5	46.3	51.8	47.3	43.6	42.9	42.2	39.4	39.5	40.3	40.6	45.5	49.7	49.2	45.0	40.0
Operating income $B	1.4	1.3	1.6	1.8	3.0	2.4	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.4	1.4	1.1	2.2	2.4	2.4	1.9	2.2
EBITDA $B	2.2	2.1	2.5	2.7	3.9	3.2	2.8	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.0	2.1	1.8	3.1	3.3	3.2	2.6	2.7
Income tax $B	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8
Net income $B	1.1	0.9	1.2	1.4	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.2	0.9	1.2	0.5	−1.2	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.4
Free cash flow $B	1.3	1.4	0.7	0.9	2.5	4.2	1.8	1.6	1.5	2.0	0.7	1.4	0.5	2.5	0.4	1.6	0.6	1.2
EPS, diluted $	5.04	4.28	5.68	6.29	9.84	6.84	5.75	5.20	3.26	3.81	2.56	3.49	1.53	−3.27	3.08	3.10	2.39	3.12
Dividend / sh $	3.80	3.76	3.68	3.52	2.80	2.20	2.00	1.80	1.36	1.57	1.43	0.72	0.68	0.62	0.58	0.56	0.54	0.46
Payout %	75	87	65	56	28	32	34	34	41	41	56	20	44	−19	19	18	22	14
ROE %	37.0	31.6	42.4	48.8	64.5	44.6	45.4	42.3	24.0	27.0	19.1	27.5	13.3	−23.8	19.8	24.0	21.9	31.1
Shares out B	0.21	0.21	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.26	0.26	0.27	0.28	0.31	0.32	0.32	0.35	0.34	0.39	0.42	0.41	◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 88 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 18 of the 18 fiscal years we could check. Two checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2008.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures

ActivityRetail-Radio, Tv & Consumer Electronics Stores

Listed onNYSE

Incorporated inMinnesota

Fiscal year endsJanuary 30

Data on record since2007

Best BUY Co. Inc. BBY

What this company does

Growth↗ Share

Profitability↗ Share

Cash & shareholders↗ Share

The 18-year record

This company against its peers

Other companies filing in the same sector

Company facts, as filed

Growth

Profitability

Cash & shareholders