Best Buy BBY
NYSE BBY
$88.00 -1.33 (-1.49%)
As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Best Buy (BBY) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Best Buy's (BBY) quarterly Dividend Coverage Ratio came in at 1.55 in Q3 2026, up 68.06% year-over-year from 0.92 in Q3 2025, and up 13.21% quarter-over-quarter from 1.37 in Q2 2026.

Analysis

Best Buy (BBY) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy (BBY) has reported Dividend Coverage Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 1.55 the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Dividend Coverage Ratio rose 68.06% year-over-year to 1.55 in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was 1.58, a 63.94% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 1.33, up 16.47% from the prior year.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio was 1.55 for Q3 2026 at Best Buy, up from 1.37 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Dividend Coverage Ratio peaked at 3.42 in Q1 2022 and troughed at 0.58 in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 1.56 and a median of 1.37 in 2026 frame the typical range for Dividend Coverage Ratio.
  • Across the five-year window, Dividend Coverage Ratio tumbled 74.82% in 2025 and surged 362.14% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Dividend Coverage Ratio stood at 1.39 in 2022, then dropped by 6.15% to 1.3 in 2023, then increased by 2.92% to 1.34 in 2024, then sank by 47.19% to 0.71 in 2025, then surged by 118.31% to 1.55 in 2026.
  • The last three Dividend Coverage Ratio figures came in at 1.55 (Q3 2026), 1.37 (Q2 2026), and 2.7 (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Div. Cover (Qtr)
1 Ulta Beauty 23.29 Bn 23.08 Bn 1.19 Bn -
2 Best Buy 18.60 Bn 16.35 Bn 2.34 Bn 1.55
3 Dick'S Sporting Goods 11.90 Bn 10.99 Bn 1.94 Bn 2.84
4 Signet Jewelers 4.10 Bn 3.50 Bn 556.50 Mn 2.25
5 Academy Sports & Outdoors 3.27 Bn 2.93 Bn 479.35 Mn 5.46
6 National Vision Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.32 Bn 290.43 Mn -
7 Gold.com 1.36 Bn 778.11 Mn 176.58 Mn 11.28
8 GameStop 1.27 Bn -7.10 Bn 340.30 Mn -
9 Winmark 1.11 Bn 1.09 Bn 21.15 Mn 2.84
10 Barnes & Noble Education 371.22 Mn 363.41 Mn 57.05 Mn -4.65
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 1, 2026 1.55
May 2, 2026 1.37
Jan 31, 2026 2.70
Nov 1, 2025 0.71
Aug 2, 2025 0.92
May 3, 2025 1.00
Feb 1, 2025 0.59
Nov 2, 2024 1.34
Aug 3, 2024 1.43
May 4, 2024 1.21
Feb 3, 2024 2.32
Oct 28, 2023 1.30
Jul 29, 2023 1.37
Apr 29, 2023 1.21
Jan 28, 2023 2.51
Oct 29, 2022 1.39
Jul 30, 2022 1.56
Apr 30, 2022 1.71
Jan 29, 2022 3.42
Oct 30, 2021 2.90