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

Best Buy (BBY) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.18 for Q1 2026, up 22.59% year-over-year from 0.15 in Q1 2025, and up 126.02% quarter-over-quarter from 0.69 in Q4 2025.

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 0.18 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.18, up 22.59% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.64 (up 9.83% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 0.64, up 9.83% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.18 in Q1 2026 per BBY's latest filing, from 0.69 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 50.5 in Q2 2024 and troughed at 1.86 in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 2.86 and a median of 0.15 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 425.22% in 2023, then soared 13475.0% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.57 in 2022, then sank by 425.22% to 1.86 in 2023, then jumped by 75.83% to 0.45 in 2024, then sank by 54.12% to 0.69 in 2025, then jumped by 126.02% to 0.18 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BBY's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.18 in Q1 2026, 0.69 in Q4 2025, and 0.35 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 27.84 Bn 27.38 Bn 1.01 Bn -0.18
2 Williams Sonoma 24.59 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.10 Bn 0.10
3 Ulta Beauty 20.75 Bn 20.25 Bn 1.48 Bn -
4 Dick'S Sporting Goods 17.81 Bn 16.45 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.49
5 Tractor Supply 15.90 Bn 15.67 Bn 1.30 Bn -1.13
6 Best Buy 15.61 Bn 13.87 Bn 2.10 Bn 0.94
7 NaaS Technology 14.72 Bn 14.70 Bn - -
8 Five Below 10.27 Bn 9.34 Bn 696.98 Mn -
9 Murphy USA 10.20 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.98 Bn 0.05
10 GameStop 9.92 Bn 905.02 Mn 386.80 Mn -

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