Best Buy BBY
NYSE BBY
$92.82 -1.74 (-1.84%)
At close: Sep 18, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Best Buy's (BBY) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $737.0 million in Q3 2026, up 28.4% year-over-year from $574.0 million in Q3 2025, and up 242.79% quarter-over-quarter from $215.0 million in Q2 2026.

Analysis

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

Best Buy (BBY) has reported Free Cash Flow for 18 consecutive years, with $737.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 28.4% year-over-year to $737.0 million in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was $1.8 billion, a 30.77% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $1.3 billion, down 9.63% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $737.0 million for Q3 2026 at Best Buy, up from $215.0 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 $377.5 million and a median of $346.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow soared 1335.71% in 2022 and sank 3400.0% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Free Cash Flow stood at $346.0 million in 2022, then tumbled by 131.21% to -$108.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 315.74% to -$449.0 million in 2024, then soared by 36.08% to -$287.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 356.79% to $737.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $737.0 million (Q3 2026), $215.0 million (Q2 2026), and $1.1 billion (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Ulta Beauty 23.16 Bn 22.94 Bn 1.19 Bn 38.44 Mn
2 Best Buy 19.53 Bn 17.27 Bn 2.34 Bn 737.00 Mn
3 Dick'S Sporting Goods 10.76 Bn 9.84 Bn 1.94 Bn 133.03 Mn
4 GameStop 10.16 Bn 5.10 Bn 345.00 Mn 60.70 Mn
5 Signet Jewelers 3.88 Bn 3.35 Bn 602.40 Mn 30.80 Mn
6 Academy Sports & Outdoors 3.00 Bn 2.70 Bn 665.90 Mn 116.06 Mn
7 National Vision Holdings 1.33 Bn 1.30 Bn 290.43 Mn -
8 Gold.com 1.32 Bn 490.26 Mn 110.30 Mn 1.07 Bn
9 Winmark 1.02 Bn 997.85 Mn 21.15 Mn 8.53 Mn
10 Barnes & Noble Education 369.06 Mn 361.25 Mn 57.05 Mn -56.40 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
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