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

Best Buy has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.94 for Q2 2026.

• In Q2 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 161.4% year-over-year to 0.94; the TTM figure through May 2026 stood at 0.5 (down 22.33% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 0.64, up 9.83% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio advanced to 0.94 in Q2 2026, 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.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.16 (2025), against an average of 2.75.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Payout Ratio sank 425.22% — and 2024, when it soared 13475.0%.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.57 in 2022, then tumbled by 425.22% to 1.86 in 2023, then jumped by 75.83% to 0.45 in 2024, then tumbled by 54.12% to 0.69 in 2025, then soared by 235.5% to 0.94 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.94, 0.18, and 0.69 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.