Best Buy BBY
NYSE BBY
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Best Buy (BBY) Beginning Cash Balance (2015 - 2017)

Best Buy (BBY) posted quarterly Beginning Cash Balance of $2.0 billion for Q1 2017, down 18.75% year-over-year from $2.4 billion in Q1 2016, and down 18.75% quarter-over-quarter from $2.4 billion in Q1 2016.

Best Buy (BBY) Beginning Cash Balance (2015 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy (BBY) has reported Beginning Cash Balance for 3 consecutive years, with $2.0 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2017.

  • In Q1 2017, Beginning Cash Balance fell 18.75% year-over-year to $2.0 billion; the TTM figure through Jan 2017 stood at $2.0 billion (down 18.75% YoY), while the FY2017 annual figure was $2.0 billion, down 18.75% from the prior year.
  • Beginning Cash Balance retreated to $2.0 billion in Q1 2017 per BBY's latest filing, from $2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Beginning Cash Balance topped out at $2.7 billion in Q1 2015 and bottomed at $2.0 billion in Q1 2017.
  • Historically, Beginning Cash Balance has averaged $2.4 billion across 3 years, with a median of $2.4 billion in 2016.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2016 — Beginning Cash Balance decreased 9.19% — and 2017, when it decreased 18.75%.
  • Best Buy's Beginning Cash Balance stood at $2.7 billion in 2015, then fell by 9.19% to $2.4 billion in 2016, then fell by 18.75% to $2.0 billion in 2017.
  • Business Quant data shows BBY's Beginning Cash Balance at $2.0 billion in Q1 2017, $2.4 billion in Q1 2016, and $2.7 billion in Q1 2015.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 30.86 Bn 30.34 Bn 1.08 Bn
2 Williams Sonoma 28.83 Bn 27.81 Bn 1.10 Bn
3 Ulta Beauty 22.86 Bn 22.64 Bn 1.27 Bn
4 Tractor Supply 18.25 Bn 18.02 Bn 1.68 Bn
5 Best Buy 18.12 Bn 16.37 Bn 2.10 Bn
6 Dick'S Sporting Goods 16.18 Bn 15.18 Bn 1.68 Bn
7 Five Below 13.82 Bn 12.71 Bn 478.64 Mn
8 Murphy USA 10.46 Bn 10.28 Bn 746.50 Mn
9 Bath & Body Works 4.03 Bn 3.08 Bn 1.24 Bn
10 MINISO Group Holding 3.38 Bn 2.41 Bn 414.86 Mn

Historic Data

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Jan 28, 2017 1.98 Bn
Jan 28, 2017 1.98 Bn
Jan 30, 2016 2.43 Bn
Jan 30, 2016 2.43 Bn
Jan 31, 2015 2.68 Bn
Jan 31, 2015 2.68 Bn