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

Best Buy (BBY) reported FCF Margin of 7.98% for Q1 2026, down 176.0% year-over-year from 10.51% in Q1 2025, and up 369.09% quarter-over-quarter from 2.97% in Q4 2025.

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

Best Buy (BBY) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 7.98% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 7.98%, down 176.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 3.02% (down 33.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 3.02%, down 33.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin improved to 7.98% in Q1 2026 per BBY's latest filing, from 2.97% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 12.23% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 15.02% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 2.33% and a median of 3.35% in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Margin plunged 1454 bps in 2022, then jumped 937 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 3.27% in 2022, then sank by 134 bps to 1.11% in 2023, then plunged by 329 bps to 4.75% in 2024, then soared by 38 bps to 2.97% in 2025, then soared by 369 bps to 7.98% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BBY's FCF Margin at 7.98% in Q1 2026, 2.97% in Q4 2025, and 6.08% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 27.84 Bn 27.38 Bn 1.01 Bn -2.99%
2 Williams Sonoma 24.59 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.10 Bn 32.77%
3 Ulta Beauty 20.75 Bn 20.25 Bn 1.48 Bn 35.64%
4 Dick'S Sporting Goods 17.81 Bn 16.45 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.17%
5 Tractor Supply 15.90 Bn 15.67 Bn 1.30 Bn -3.10%
6 Best Buy 15.61 Bn 13.87 Bn 2.10 Bn 2.41%
7 NaaS Technology 14.72 Bn 14.70 Bn - -
8 Five Below 10.27 Bn 9.34 Bn 696.98 Mn 23.15%
9 Murphy USA 10.20 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.98 Bn 4.60%
10 GameStop 9.92 Bn 905.02 Mn 386.80 Mn 16.97%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 2.41%
Jan 31, 2026 7.98%
Nov 1, 2025 -2.97%
Aug 2, 2025 6.08%
May 3, 2025 -1.51%
Feb 1, 2025 9.74%
Nov 2, 2024 -4.75%
Aug 3, 2024 5.15%
May 4, 2024 0.05%
Feb 3, 2024 6.81%
Oct 28, 2023 -1.11%
Jul 29, 2023 3.35%
Apr 29, 2023 -5.65%
Jan 28, 2023 11.52%
Oct 29, 2022 3.27%
Jul 30, 2022 4.35%
Apr 30, 2022 -15.02%
Jan 29, 2022 12.23%
Oct 30, 2021 -0.24%
Jul 31, 2021 5.04%