Best Buy BBY
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As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

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

Best Buy's (BBY) quarterly EBT Margin came in at 4.4% in Q3 2026, up 172.0% year-over-year from 1.62% in Q3 2025, and up 3.95% quarter-over-quarter from 4.23% in Q2 2026.

Analysis

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

Best Buy (BBY) has reported EBT Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 4.4% the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin rose 172.0% year-over-year to 4.4% in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was 4.12%, a 158.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 3.37%, up 25.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin was 4.4% for Q3 2026 at Best Buy, up from 4.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 5.24% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 1.6% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 3.66% and a median of 3.77% in 2024 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
  • Across the five-year window, EBT Margin tumbled 315 bps in 2022 and soared 364 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, EBT Margin stood at 3.39% in 2022, then gained by 5 bps to 3.57% in 2023, then grew by 6 bps to 3.77% in 2024, then tumbled by 44 bps to 2.12% in 2025, then jumped by 107 bps to 4.4% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 4.4% (Q3 2026), 4.23% (Q2 2026), and 5.24% (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Ulta Beauty 24.15 Bn 23.93 Bn 1.19 Bn 12.38%
2 Best Buy 18.99 Bn 16.74 Bn 2.34 Bn 4.40%
3 Dick'S Sporting Goods 12.36 Bn 11.45 Bn 1.94 Bn 7.85%
4 Signet Jewelers 3.39 Bn 2.78 Bn 556.50 Mn 2.63%
5 Academy Sports & Outdoors 2.85 Bn 2.52 Bn 479.35 Mn 4.78%
6 National Vision Holdings 1.32 Bn 1.29 Bn 290.43 Mn 3.60%
7 GameStop 1.32 Bn -7.05 Bn 340.30 Mn 60.62%
8 Gold.com 1.31 Bn 795.52 Mn 176.58 Mn 0.79%
9 Winmark 1.14 Bn 1.12 Bn 21.15 Mn 60.03%
10 Barnes & Noble Education 441.20 Mn 433.40 Mn 57.05 Mn -6.87%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 1, 2026 4.40%
May 2, 2026 4.23%
Jan 31, 2026 5.24%
Nov 1, 2025 2.12%
Aug 2, 2025 2.68%
May 3, 2025 2.53%
Feb 1, 2025 1.60%
Nov 2, 2024 3.77%
Aug 3, 2024 4.21%
May 4, 2024 3.67%
Feb 3, 2024 3.99%
Oct 28, 2023 3.57%
Jul 29, 2023 3.85%
Apr 29, 2023 3.38%
Jan 28, 2023 4.15%
Oct 29, 2022 3.39%
Jul 30, 2022 3.55%
Apr 30, 2022 4.24%
Jan 29, 2022 4.89%
Oct 30, 2021 5.58%