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Best Buy (BBY) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2026)

Best Buy has reported Change in Inventory over the past 18 years, most recently at -$2.8 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory fell 2.32% to -$2.8 billion in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $126.0 million through Jan 2026, down 18.71% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $126.0 million for FY2026, 18.71% down from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory was -$2.8 billion for Q1 2026 at Best Buy, down from $2.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Change in Inventory peaked at $2.2 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$2.8 billion in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Inventory is $273.0 million (2024), against an average of -$194.2 million.
  • Year-over-year, Change in Inventory crashed 130.97% in 2022 and then surged 293.58% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Inventory shows it stood at $1.3 billion in 2022, then surged by 50.54% to $1.9 billion in 2023, then increased by 8.88% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then grew by 3.7% to $2.2 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 227.04% to -$2.8 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BBY's Change in Inventory are -$2.8 billion (Q1 2026), $2.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $622.0 million (Q3 2025).