Best Buy BBY
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At close: Sep 18, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Best Buy (BBY) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2026)

Best Buy's (BBY) quarterly Change in Inventory came in at $712.0 million in Q3 2026, up 14.47% year-over-year from $622.0 million in Q3 2025, and up 94.01% quarter-over-quarter from $367.0 million in Q2 2026.

Analysis

Best Buy (BBY) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy (BBY) has reported Change in Inventory for 18 consecutive years, with $712.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Inventory rose 14.47% year-over-year to $712.0 million in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was $488.0 million, a 339.64% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $126.0 million, down 18.71% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory was $712.0 million for Q3 2026 at Best Buy, up from $367.0 million 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.
  • A 5-year average of -$117.0 million and a median of $297.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Change in Inventory.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Inventory plunged 130.97% in 2022 and jumped 293.58% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Change in Inventory stood at $1.3 billion in 2022, then jumped by 50.54% to $1.9 billion in 2023, then gained by 8.88% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then climbed by 3.7% to $2.2 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 67.43% to $712.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Change in Inventory figures came in at $712.0 million (Q3 2026), $367.0 million (Q2 2026), and -$2.8 billion (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Ulta Beauty 23.16 Bn 22.94 Bn 1.19 Bn 20.78 Mn
2 Best Buy 19.53 Bn 17.27 Bn 2.34 Bn 712.00 Mn
3 Dick'S Sporting Goods 10.76 Bn 9.84 Bn 1.94 Bn 148.46 Mn
4 GameStop 10.16 Bn 5.10 Bn 345.00 Mn 19.20 Mn
5 Signet Jewelers 3.88 Bn 3.35 Bn 602.40 Mn -30.60 Mn
6 Academy Sports & Outdoors 3.00 Bn 2.70 Bn 665.90 Mn 3.01 Mn
7 National Vision Holdings 1.33 Bn 1.30 Bn 290.43 Mn -
8 Gold.com 1.32 Bn 490.26 Mn 110.30 Mn -456.62 Mn
9 Winmark 1.02 Bn 997.85 Mn 21.15 Mn 235,500.00
10 Barnes & Noble Education 369.06 Mn 361.25 Mn 57.05 Mn 67.95 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 1, 2026 712.00 Mn
May 2, 2026 367.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 -2.78 Bn
Nov 1, 2025 2.19 Bn
Aug 2, 2025 622.00 Mn
May 3, 2025 95.00 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 -2.71 Bn
Nov 2, 2024 2.11 Bn
Aug 3, 2024 488.00 Mn
May 4, 2024 273.00 Mn
Feb 3, 2024 -2.62 Bn
Oct 28, 2023 1.94 Bn
Jul 29, 2023 422.00 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 86.00 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 -2.17 Bn
Oct 29, 2022 1.29 Bn
Jul 30, 2022 -218.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 297.00 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 -2.60 Bn
Oct 30, 2021 2.13 Bn