profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Best Buy
$105.16+1.02% today
+35.4% in 1 year
1-year low $55.521-year high $106.28
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $20.63 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Best Buy sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $46.3 billion in 2023 to $41.7 billion in 2026, with $1.07 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Best Buy handed back 85% of the cash it generated last year.
$801M
Free cash flow 2026$1.3B
Bought back its own shares$273M
Paid as dividends$801M
Cash vs. debt$1.7B vs. $4.1B
Best Buy vs. similar companies
Best Buy grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Buy | 20.6× · Fair price | ||
 Alimentation Couche-Tard | 16.9× · Fair price | ||
 Williams-Sonoma | 28.4× · Fair price | ||
 Coupang | 137.8× · Very expensive | ||
 Ulta Beauty | 24.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Best Buy's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47,262 | 51,761 | 46,298 | 43,452 | 41,528 | 41,691 | |
| 10,573 | 11,640 | 9,912 | 9,603 | 9,385 | 9,373 | |
| – | – | 1,942 | 1,727 | 1,734 | 1,750 | |
| 3,268 | 3,918 | 2,741 | 2,596 | 2,212 | 2,282 | |
| 1,798 | 2,454 | 1,419 | 1,241 | 927 | 1,069 | |
| 6.84 | 9.84 | 6.29 | 5.68 | 4.28 | 5.04 | |
| 22.4% | 22.5% | 21.4% | 22.1% | 22.6% | 22.5% | |
| – | – | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 4.2% | |
| 3.8% | 4.7% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 2.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 19,067 | 17,504 | 15,803 | 14,967 | 14,782 | 14,670 |
| Cash | 5,494 | 2,936 | 1,874 | 1,447 | 1,578 | 1,738 |
| Total debt | 4,082 | 3,938 | 3,978 | 3,982 | 4,053 | 4,133 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 13,008 | 11,914 | 11,974 | 11,706 |
| 4,587 | 3,020 | 2,795 | 3,053 | 2,808 | 2,964 | |
| 263 | 249 | 226 | 219 | 217 | 212 | |
| 22.1% | 34.6% | 21.3% | 18.8% | 15.5% | 16.2% | |
| 39.2% | 81.3% | 50.8% | 40.6% | 33.0% | 36.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,927 | 3,252 | 1,824 | 1,470 | 2,098 | 1,962 | |
| 713 | 737 | 930 | 795 | 706 | 704 | |
| 4,214 | 2,515 | 894 | 675 | 1,392 | 1,258 | |
| Dividends paid | 568 | 688 | 789 | 801 | 807 | 801 |
| 312 | 3,502 | 1,014 | 340 | 500 | 273 | |
| 135 | 141 | 138 | 145 | 139 | 139 |
Valuation
- 20.6×
- 16.2×
- –
- 4.6×
- 0.5×
- 17.5×
- 10.7×
- 5.7%
- 4.8%
- 4.9%
Profitability
- 22.5%
- 4.2%
- 2.6%
- 4.8%
- 13.6%
- 20.5%
- 38.3%
- 7.7%
- 20.2%
- –
Growth
- −2.5%
- −5.9%
- −9.6%
- +11.6%
- −3.8%
Financial health
- 1.2×
- 1.15
- 27.7%
- 28.6×
- 1.12
- 0.40
- 2.81
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 21%of 978
Bottom 24%of 992
Bottom 45%of 854
Bottom 13%of 993
Top 44%of 979
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $74.50
- Range
- $65.00 – $96.00
- 7 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2026 | 2.61 | 2.46 | +6.1% |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 1.40 | 1.31 | +6.9% |
| Aug 28, 2025 | 1.28 | 1.21 | +5.8% |
| May 29, 2025 | 1.15 | 1.10 | +4.5% |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 2.58 | 2.41 | +7.1% |
| Nov 26, 2024 | 1.26 | 1.30 | −3.1% |
| Aug 29, 2024 | 1.34 | 1.16 | +15.5% |
| May 30, 2024 | 1.20 | 1.08 | +11.1% |
4.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$49a year at today's yield, before tax
+11.6%2020 to 2025
Raised8 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.43 in 2015 → $3.80 in 2025
How safe it looks
74.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 63.7%
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
61Pass
Benjamin Graham
47No pass
Philip Fisher
43No pass
Peter Lynch
16No pass
Joel Greenblatt
37No pass
Charlie Munger
49No pass
Terry Smith
49No pass
Questions about Best Buy
Is Best Buy a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Best Buy AI analysis
What does Best Buy do?
Best Buy Co., Inc. retails technology products in the United States and Canada. The company operates in two segments, Domestic and International. It is in Specialty Retail, based in Richfield, MN, United States, with 82,000 employees.
Does Best Buy pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.9% a year, about 75% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $801 million in dividends.
Is Best Buy stock halal?
Yes. Best Buy passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 19% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Best Buy stock done over the past year?
Up 35.4% over the past twelve months, to $105.16. It traded between $55.52 and $106.28, close to its high.
Who are Best Buy's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Alimentation Couche-Tard, Williams-Sonoma, Coupang and Ulta Beauty. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Best Buy's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.