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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
$41.7B
▲ 0.4% YoY
$1.1B
▲ 15.3% YoY
$1.3B
▼ 9.6% YoY
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
20B40B2007201020142017202020232025
Compound annual growth
−3.4%
−2.5%
+0.5%
−1.2%
−9.0%
−9.9%
+1.8%
−1.2%
−7.1%
−5.9%
+7.0%
+3.3%
+2.6%
+11.6%
+10.3%
+13.4%
−15.7%
+4.6%
−3.1%
−1.9%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

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

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%2007201020142017202020232025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 37.0%
20%40%60%-10%-20%2007201020142017202020232025
Gross margin22.5%
Operating margin3.3%
Net margin2.6%
Return on assets7.3%
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
2B4B2007201020142017202020232025
Net buybacks $B Dividends $B
FY2025 · Dividends 0.8 · Net buybacks 0.3
2B4BDividendsNet buybacks2007201020142017202020232025
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
Metric 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320112010200920082007
Revenue $B41.741.543.546.351.847.343.642.942.239.439.540.340.645.549.749.245.040.0
Operating income $B1.41.31.61.83.02.42.01.91.81.91.41.41.12.22.42.41.92.2
EBITDA $B2.22.12.52.73.93.22.82.72.52.52.02.11.83.13.33.22.62.7
Income tax $B0.30.40.40.40.60.60.50.40.80.60.50.10.40.70.80.80.70.8
Net income $B1.10.91.21.42.51.81.51.51.01.20.91.20.5−1.21.31.31.01.4
Free cash flow $B1.31.40.70.92.54.21.81.61.52.00.71.40.52.50.41.60.61.2
EPS, diluted $5.044.285.686.299.846.845.755.203.263.812.563.491.53−3.273.083.102.393.12
Dividend / sh $3.803.763.683.522.802.202.001.801.361.571.430.720.680.620.580.560.540.46
Payout %75876556283234344141562044−1919182214
ROE %37.031.642.448.864.544.645.444.3·28.019.127.513.3−23.819.824.021.6·
Shares out B0.210.210.220.220.230.260.260.270.280.310.320.320.350.340.390.420.41·

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Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 88 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 18 of 19 fiscal years. 7 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityRetail-Radio, Tv & Consumer Electronics Stores
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inMinnesota
Fiscal year endsJanuary 30
Data on record since2007

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