Best Buy (BBY) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)
Best Buy (BBY) posted Free Cash Flow of $737 million for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), up 28.4% from $574 million a year earlier and up 242.8% from the prior quarter.
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Best Buy (BBY) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 1, 2026, Free Cash Flow at Best Buy was $1.77 billion, up 30.8% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it was $1.26 billion, down 9.6% from FY2025.
- Annual Free Cash Flow shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -21.5% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Best Buy's Free Cash Flow was $1.39 billion in FY2025 (+106.2%), $675 million in FY2024 (-24.5%), $894 million in FY2023 (-64.5%) and $2.52 billion in FY2022 (-40.3%).
- Quarterly Free Cash Flow has run from a low of -$1.6 billion in fiscal Q1 2023 to a high of $2 billion in fiscal Q4 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Free Cash Flow increased in three of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 16.5%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Free Cash Flow in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2022, with growth of 138.0%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2024, with a decline of 41.3%.
- According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow for the three prior fiscal quarters was $215 million (Q1 2027), $1.1 billion (Q4 2026) and -$287 million (Q3 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Com | 2,828.15 Bn | 2,344.85 Bn | 104.83 Bn | -8.82 Bn |
| 2 | Home Depot | 312.02 Bn | 305.26 Bn | 16.12 Bn | 4.51 Bn |
| 3 | Tjx Companies | 160.78 Bn | 138.32 Bn | 5.07 Bn | 1.73 Bn |
| 4 | Lowes Companies | 109.83 Bn | 102.79 Bn | 8.58 Bn | 3.12 Bn |
| 5 | Ross Stores | 74.49 Bn | 57.42 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 624.50 Mn |
| 6 | O Reilly Automotive | 73.51 Bn | 72.60 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 698.90 Mn |
| 7 | Target | 69.38 Bn | 63.97 Bn | 8.94 Bn | 2.43 Bn |
| 8 | Autozone | 52.02 Bn | 50.92 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 456.48 Mn |
| 9 | Carvana | 42.62 Bn | 33.11 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 187.00 Mn |
| 10 | Best Buy | 19.91 Bn | 13.24 Bn | 2.34 Bn | 737.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 737.00 Mn |
| May 2, 2026 | 215.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 1.10 Bn |
| Nov 1, 2025 | -287.00 Mn |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 574.00 Mn |
| May 3, 2025 | -132.00 Mn |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 1.36 Bn |
| Nov 2, 2024 | -449.00 Mn |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 478.00 Mn |
| May 4, 2024 | 4.00 Mn |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 997.00 Mn |
| Oct 28, 2023 | -108.00 Mn |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 321.00 Mn |
| Apr 29, 2023 | -535.00 Mn |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 1.70 Bn |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 346.00 Mn |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 449.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -1.60 Bn |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 2.00 Bn |
| Oct 30, 2021 | -28.00 Mn |
API Access
Best Buy Free Cash Flow API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=free-cash-flow&ticker=BBY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "ticker": "BBY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=free-cash-flow&ticker=BBY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();