Best Buy BBY
NYSE BBY
$85.75 -3.46 (-3.88%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Best Buy (BBY) posted quarterly EBT Margin of 4.23% for Q2 2026, up 170.0% year-over-year from 1.57% in Q2 2025, and down 19.29% quarter-over-quarter from 5.24% in Q1 2026.

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

Best Buy (BBY) has reported EBT Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 4.23% the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, EBT Margin rose 170.0% year-over-year to 4.23%; the TTM figure through May 2026 stood at 3.73% (up 85.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 3.37%, up 25.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin fell to 4.23% in Q2 2026 per BBY's latest filing, from 5.24% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 5.24% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 1.6% in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, EBT Margin has averaged 3.5% across 5 years, with a median of 3.62% in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — EBT Margin plunged 339 bps — and 2026, when it jumped 364 bps.
  • Best Buy's EBT Margin stood at 3.39% in 2022, then climbed by 5 bps to 3.57% in 2023, then rose by 6 bps to 3.77% in 2024, then tumbled by 44 bps to 2.12% in 2025, then surged by 100 bps to 4.23% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BBY's EBT Margin at 4.23% in Q2 2026, 5.24% in Q1 2026, and 2.12% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 30.70 Bn 30.18 Bn 1.08 Bn 4.66%
2 Williams Sonoma 28.62 Bn 27.60 Bn 1.10 Bn 20.63%
3 Ulta Beauty 22.58 Bn 22.36 Bn 1.27 Bn 14.19%
4 Tractor Supply 18.35 Bn 18.12 Bn 1.68 Bn 9.91%
5 Best Buy 18.03 Bn 16.28 Bn 2.10 Bn 4.23%
6 Dick'S Sporting Goods 15.93 Bn 14.93 Bn 1.68 Bn 8.64%
7 Five Below 13.08 Bn 11.97 Bn 478.64 Mn 12.64%
8 Murphy USA 10.51 Bn 10.33 Bn 746.50 Mn 4.08%
9 Bath & Body Works 4.08 Bn 3.13 Bn 1.24 Bn 19.75%
10 MINISO Group Holding 3.42 Bn 2.45 Bn 414.86 Mn 0.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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 2.77%
Oct 30, 2021 5.58%
Jul 31, 2021 6.70%