Best Buy (BBY) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Best Buy's (BBY) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.94 in Q2 2026, up 161.4% year-on-year from 0.36 in Q2 2025, and up 420.76% on a QoQ basis from 0.18 in Q1 2026.

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

Best Buy (BBY) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.94 in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 161.4% year-over-year to 0.94 in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 0.5, a 22.33% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.64, up 9.83% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q2 2026 stood at 0.94, up from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for BBY reached as high as 50.5 in Q2 2024 and fell as low as 1.86 in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 2.75 across 5 years, with a median of 0.16 in 2025.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio sank 425.22% in 2023 and jumped 13475.0% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.57 in 2022, then slumped by 425.22% to 1.86 in 2023, then jumped by 75.83% to 0.45 in 2024, then slumped by 54.12% to 0.69 in 2025, then soared by 235.5% to 0.94 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.94 in Q2 2026, 0.18 in Q1 2026, and 0.69 in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 32.35 Bn 31.83 Bn 1.08 Bn 0.05
2 NaaS Technology 30.76 Bn 30.76 Bn - -
3 Williams Sonoma 28.07 Bn 27.05 Bn 1.10 Bn 0.10
4 Ulta Beauty 22.98 Bn 22.49 Bn 1.48 Bn -
5 Best Buy 18.17 Bn 16.42 Bn 2.10 Bn 0.94
6 Dick'S Sporting Goods 16.47 Bn 15.12 Bn 1.77 Bn 0.07
7 Tractor Supply 15.98 Bn 15.76 Bn 1.30 Bn -1.13
8 MINISO Group Holding 15.79 Bn 14.72 Bn 414.86 Mn -
9 Five Below 11.82 Bn 10.89 Bn 696.98 Mn -
10 Murphy USA 11.28 Bn 11.16 Bn -3.64 Bn 0.05

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 0.94
Jan 31, 2026 0.18
Nov 1, 2025 -0.69
Aug 2, 2025 0.35
May 3, 2025 -1.53
Feb 1, 2025 0.15
Nov 2, 2024 -0.45
Aug 3, 2024 0.42
May 4, 2024 50.50
Feb 3, 2024 0.20
Oct 28, 2023 -1.86
Jul 29, 2023 0.62
Apr 29, 2023 -0.38
Jan 28, 2023 0.11
Oct 29, 2022 0.57
Jul 30, 2022 0.44
Apr 30, 2022 -0.12
Jan 29, 2022 0.08
Oct 30, 2021 -6.14
Jul 31, 2021 0.29