Best Buy (BBY) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Best Buy (BBY) recorded quarterly EBIT Margin of 4.14% in Q2 2026, down 20.67% quarter-over-quarter from 5.22% in Q1 2026, and up 164.0% year-on-year from 1.57% in Q2 2025.

Best Buy (BBY) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy has disclosed EBIT Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 4.14% for Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, EBIT Margin rose 164.0% year-over-year to 4.14%; the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 stood at 3.68% (up 86.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 3.33%, up 29.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin was 4.14% for Q2 2026 at Best Buy, down from 5.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 5.22% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 5.58% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 3.61% (2023), against an average of 3.03%.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: EBIT Margin slumped 1049 bps in 2023, then soared 941 bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, EBIT Margin stood at 3.45% in 2022, then advanced by 5 bps to 3.63% in 2023, then grew by 2 bps to 3.71% in 2024, then tumbled by 45 bps to 2.05% in 2025, then jumped by 102 bps to 4.14% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent EBIT Margin figures were 4.14% in Q2 2026, 5.22% in Q1 2026, and 2.05% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 28.23 Bn 27.77 Bn 1.01 Bn 7.89%
2 Williams Sonoma 25.94 Bn 24.92 Bn 1.10 Bn 20.27%
3 Ulta Beauty 21.42 Bn 20.93 Bn 1.48 Bn 12.23%
4 Dick'S Sporting Goods 18.30 Bn 16.95 Bn 1.77 Bn 2.96%
5 Best Buy 15.81 Bn 14.06 Bn 2.10 Bn 4.14%
6 Tractor Supply 15.78 Bn 15.56 Bn 1.30 Bn 6.50%
7 NaaS Technology 14.29 Bn 14.27 Bn - -
8 Five Below 10.51 Bn 9.58 Bn 696.98 Mn 17.99%
9 Murphy USA 10.28 Bn 10.16 Bn 3.98 Bn 4.26%
10 GameStop 9.98 Bn 965.44 Mn 386.80 Mn 12.24%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 4.14%
Jan 31, 2026 5.22%
Nov 1, 2025 2.05%
Aug 2, 2025 2.66%
May 3, 2025 2.50%
Feb 1, 2025 1.56%
Nov 2, 2024 3.71%
Aug 3, 2024 4.12%
May 4, 2024 3.53%
Feb 3, 2024 3.83%
Oct 28, 2023 3.63%
Jul 29, 2023 3.63%
Apr 29, 2023 3.29%
Jan 28, 2023 -5.58%
Oct 29, 2022 3.45%
Jul 30, 2022 3.59%
Apr 30, 2022 4.34%
Jan 29, 2022 4.91%
Oct 30, 2021 5.63%
Jul 31, 2021 6.73%