Best Buy BBY
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Best Buy (BBY) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026)

Best Buy's (BBY) quarterly Cash & Equivalents came in at $2.3 billion in Q3 2026, up 54.88% year-over-year from $1.5 billion in Q3 2025, and up 28.93% quarter-over-quarter from $1.7 billion in Q2 2026.

Analysis

Best Buy (BBY) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy (BBY) has reported Cash & Equivalents for 18 consecutive years, with $2.3 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Cash & Equivalents rose 54.88% year-over-year to $2.3 billion in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was $2.3 billion, a 54.88% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $1.7 billion, up 10.14% from the prior year.
  • Cash & Equivalents was $2.3 billion for Q3 2026 at Best Buy, up from $1.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Cash & Equivalents peaked at $2.9 billion in Q1 2022 and troughed at $636.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $1.3 billion and a median of $1.2 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Cash & Equivalents.
  • Across the five-year window, Cash & Equivalents sank 85.04% in 2022 and soared 60.94% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Cash & Equivalents stood at $932.0 million in 2022, then tumbled by 31.76% to $636.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 1.1% to $643.0 million in 2024, then soared by 43.55% to $923.0 million in 2025, then soared by 144.31% to $2.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Cash & Equivalents figures came in at $2.3 billion (Q3 2026), $1.7 billion (Q2 2026), and $1.7 billion (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash & Equiv. (Qtr)
1 Ulta Beauty 23.16 Bn 22.94 Bn 1.19 Bn 158.45 Mn
2 Best Buy 19.53 Bn 17.27 Bn 2.34 Bn 2.26 Bn
3 Dick'S Sporting Goods 10.76 Bn 9.84 Bn 1.94 Bn 913.74 Mn
4 GameStop 10.16 Bn 5.10 Bn 345.00 Mn 4.85 Bn
5 Signet Jewelers 3.88 Bn 3.35 Bn 602.40 Mn 526.80 Mn
6 Academy Sports & Outdoors 3.00 Bn 2.70 Bn 665.90 Mn 298.21 Mn
7 National Vision Holdings 1.33 Bn 1.30 Bn 290.43 Mn 36.00 Mn
8 Gold.com 1.32 Bn 490.26 Mn 110.30 Mn 577.98 Mn
9 Winmark 1.02 Bn 997.85 Mn 21.15 Mn 25.83 Mn
10 Barnes & Noble Education 369.06 Mn 361.25 Mn 57.05 Mn 7.81 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 1, 2026 2.26 Bn
May 2, 2026 1.75 Bn
Jan 31, 2026 1.74 Bn
Nov 1, 2025 923.00 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 1.46 Bn
May 3, 2025 1.15 Bn
Feb 1, 2025 1.58 Bn
Nov 2, 2024 643.00 Mn
Aug 3, 2024 1.39 Bn
May 4, 2024 1.21 Bn
Feb 3, 2024 1.45 Bn
Oct 28, 2023 636.00 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 1.09 Bn
Apr 29, 2023 1.03 Bn
Jan 28, 2023 1.87 Bn
Oct 29, 2022 932.00 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 840.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 640.00 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 2.94 Bn
Oct 30, 2021 3.47 Bn