Best Buy (BBY) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Best Buy (BBY) reported Free Cash Flow of $1.1 billion for Q1 2026, down 18.84% year-over-year from $1.4 billion in Q1 2025, and up 484.32% quarter-over-quarter from -$287.0 million in Q4 2025.

Best Buy (BBY) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy (BBY) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $1.1 billion, down 18.84% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $1.3 billion (down 9.63% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $1.3 billion, down 9.63% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow climbed to $1.1 billion in Q1 2026 per BBY's latest filing, from -$287.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $2.0 billion in Q1 2022 and troughed at -$1.6 billion in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $365.9 million and a median of $346.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Free Cash Flow jumped 1335.71% in 2022, then plunged 3400.0% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $346.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 131.21% to -$108.0 million in 2023, then slumped by 315.74% to -$449.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 36.08% to -$287.0 million in 2025, then surged by 484.32% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BBY's Free Cash Flow at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026, -$287.0 million in Q4 2025, and $574.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 27.84 Bn 27.38 Bn 1.01 Bn -117.16 Mn
2 Williams Sonoma 24.59 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.10 Bn 772.38 Mn
3 Ulta Beauty 20.75 Bn 20.25 Bn 1.48 Bn 1.39 Bn
4 Dick'S Sporting Goods 17.81 Bn 16.45 Bn 1.77 Bn 72.63 Mn
5 Tractor Supply 15.90 Bn 15.67 Bn 1.30 Bn -111.49 Mn
6 Best Buy 15.61 Bn 13.87 Bn 2.10 Bn 215.00 Mn
7 NaaS Technology 14.72 Bn 14.70 Bn - -
8 Five Below 10.27 Bn 9.34 Bn 696.98 Mn 400.11 Mn
9 Murphy USA 10.20 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.98 Bn 221.70 Mn
10 GameStop 9.92 Bn 905.02 Mn 386.80 Mn 187.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 215.00 Mn
May 2, 2026 215.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 1.10 Bn
Jan 31, 2026 1.10 Bn
Nov 1, 2025 -287.00 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 -287.00 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 574.00 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 574.00 Mn
May 3, 2025 -132.00 Mn
May 3, 2025 -132.00 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 1.36 Bn
Feb 1, 2025 1.36 Bn
Nov 2, 2024 -449.00 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 -449.00 Mn
Aug 3, 2024 478.00 Mn
Aug 3, 2024 478.00 Mn
May 4, 2024 4.00 Mn
May 4, 2024 4.00 Mn
Feb 3, 2024 997.00 Mn
Feb 3, 2024 997.00 Mn