Best Buy (BBY) Inventory Average (2009 - 2026)

Best Buy (BBY) reported Inventory Average of $6.6 billion for Q1 2026, up 2.58% year-over-year from $6.4 billion in Q1 2025, and down 4.24% quarter-over-quarter from $6.9 billion in Q4 2025.

Best Buy (BBY) Inventory Average (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy (BBY) has 18 years of Inventory Average data on file, last reported at $6.6 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Inventory Average for Q1 2026 came in at $6.6 billion, up 2.58% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $6.6 billion (up 2.58% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was $5.2 billion, up 2.71% from the prior year.
  • Inventory Average fell to $6.6 billion in Q1 2026 per BBY's latest filing, from $6.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Inventory Average peaked at $7.3 billion in Q1 2022 and troughed at $5.1 billion in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $6.1 billion and a median of $6.2 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Inventory Average.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Inventory Average gained 11.07% in 2022, then fell 15.25% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Inventory Average shows it stood at $6.7 billion in 2022, then declined by 0.93% to $6.6 billion in 2023, then rose by 2.26% to $6.8 billion in 2024, then gained by 2.2% to $6.9 billion in 2025, then retreated by 4.24% to $6.6 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BBY's Inventory Average at $6.6 billion in Q1 2026, $6.9 billion in Q4 2025, and $5.5 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Inventory Avg. (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 27.84 Bn 27.38 Bn 1.01 Bn 446.45 Mn
2 Williams Sonoma 24.59 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.10 Bn 1.50 Bn
3 Ulta Beauty 20.75 Bn 20.25 Bn 1.48 Bn -
4 Dick'S Sporting Goods 17.81 Bn 16.45 Bn 1.77 Bn 5.27 Bn
5 Tractor Supply 15.90 Bn 15.67 Bn 1.30 Bn 3.33 Bn
6 Best Buy 15.61 Bn 13.87 Bn 2.10 Bn 5.41 Bn
7 NaaS Technology 14.72 Bn 14.70 Bn - 5,698.44
8 Five Below 10.27 Bn 9.34 Bn 696.98 Mn 979.44 Mn
9 Murphy USA 10.20 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.98 Bn 388.15 Mn
10 GameStop 9.92 Bn 905.02 Mn 386.80 Mn 489.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 5.41 Bn
Jan 31, 2026 6.61 Bn
Nov 1, 2025 6.90 Bn
Aug 2, 2025 5.51 Bn
May 3, 2025 5.14 Bn
Feb 1, 2025 6.45 Bn
Nov 2, 2024 6.76 Bn
Aug 3, 2024 5.47 Bn
May 4, 2024 5.09 Bn
Feb 3, 2024 6.26 Bn
Oct 28, 2023 6.61 Bn
Jul 29, 2023 5.44 Bn
Apr 29, 2023 5.18 Bn
Jan 28, 2023 6.22 Bn
Oct 29, 2022 6.67 Bn
Jul 30, 2022 6.15 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 6.11 Bn
Jan 29, 2022 7.26 Bn
Oct 30, 2021 7.49 Bn
Jul 31, 2021 6.07 Bn