Best Buy (BBY) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Best Buy (BBY) reported Gross Margin of 20.86% for Q1 2026, down 6.0% year-over-year from 22.19% in Q1 2025, and down 10.24% quarter-over-quarter from 23.24% in Q4 2025.

Best Buy (BBY) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy (BBY) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 20.86% in Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 20.86%, down 6.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 22.48% (down 12.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 22.48%, down 12.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin slipped to 20.86% in Q1 2026 per BBY's latest filing, from 23.24% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 23.54% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 19.95% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 22.22% and a median of 22.71% in 2023 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin sank 157 bps in 2022, then surged 102 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 22.03% in 2022, then advanced by 4 bps to 22.88% in 2023, then grew by 3 bps to 23.47% in 2024, then fell by 1 bps to 23.24% in 2025, then decreased by 10 bps to 20.86% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BBY's Gross Margin at 20.86% in Q1 2026, 23.24% in Q4 2025, and 23.25% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 27.84 Bn 27.38 Bn 1.01 Bn 25.70%
2 Williams Sonoma 24.59 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.10 Bn 46.87%
3 Ulta Beauty 20.75 Bn 20.25 Bn 1.48 Bn 38.06%
4 Dick'S Sporting Goods 17.81 Bn 16.45 Bn 1.77 Bn 28.43%
5 Tractor Supply 15.90 Bn 15.67 Bn 1.30 Bn 36.22%
6 Best Buy 15.61 Bn 13.87 Bn 2.10 Bn 23.52%
7 NaaS Technology 14.72 Bn 14.70 Bn - -
8 Five Below 10.27 Bn 9.34 Bn 696.98 Mn 40.32%
9 Murphy USA 10.20 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.98 Bn 82.59%
10 GameStop 9.92 Bn 905.02 Mn 386.80 Mn 35.03%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 23.52%
Jan 31, 2026 20.86%
Nov 1, 2025 23.24%
Aug 2, 2025 23.25%
May 3, 2025 23.37%
Feb 1, 2025 20.92%
Nov 2, 2024 23.47%
Aug 3, 2024 23.54%
May 4, 2024 23.33%
Feb 3, 2024 20.49%
Oct 28, 2023 22.88%
Jul 29, 2023 23.17%
Apr 29, 2023 22.71%
Jan 28, 2023 19.95%
Oct 29, 2022 22.03%
Jul 30, 2022 22.14%
Apr 30, 2022 22.10%
Jan 29, 2022 20.24%
Oct 30, 2021 23.53%
Jul 31, 2021 23.72%