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Best Buy (BBY) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Best Buy has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 18 years, most recently at $1.1 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 18.84% to $1.1 billion in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $1.3 billion through Jan 2026, down 9.63% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.3 billion for FY2026, 9.63% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $1.1 billion for Q1 2026 at Best Buy, up 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.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $346.0 million (2022), against an average of $365.9 million.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow skyrocketed 1335.71% in 2022 and then plummeted 3400.0% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $346.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 131.21% to -$108.0 million in 2023, then crashed by 315.74% to -$449.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 36.08% to -$287.0 million in 2025, then surged by 484.32% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BBY's Free Cash Flow are $1.1 billion (Q1 2026), -$287.0 million (Q4 2025), and $574.0 million (Q3 2025).