Best Buy BBY
NYSE BBY
$88.00 -1.33 (-1.49%)
As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

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

Best Buy's (BBY) quarterly Net Margin came in at 3.21% in Q3 2026, up 125.0% year-over-year from 1.43% in Q3 2025, and up 3.96% quarter-over-quarter from 3.09% in Q2 2026.

Analysis

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

Best Buy (BBY) has reported Net Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 3.21% the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Net Margin rose 125.0% year-over-year to 3.21% in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was 3.01%, a 114.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 2.56%, up 34.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 3.21% for Q3 2026 at Best Buy, up from 3.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 3.89% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 0.84% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 2.76% and a median of 2.87% in 2024 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Margin tumbled 317 bps in 2022 and jumped 306 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Net Margin stood at 2.6% in 2022, then advanced by 3 bps to 2.69% in 2023, then grew by 7 bps to 2.87% in 2024, then tumbled by 49 bps to 1.46% in 2025, then jumped by 120 bps to 3.21% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 3.21% (Q3 2026), 3.09% (Q2 2026), and 3.89% (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Ulta Beauty 23.29 Bn 23.08 Bn 1.19 Bn 9.36%
2 Best Buy 18.60 Bn 16.35 Bn 2.34 Bn 3.21%
3 Dick'S Sporting Goods 11.90 Bn 10.99 Bn 1.94 Bn 5.65%
4 Signet Jewelers 4.10 Bn 3.50 Bn 556.50 Mn 2.04%
5 Academy Sports & Outdoors 3.27 Bn 2.93 Bn 479.35 Mn 3.65%
6 National Vision Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.32 Bn 290.43 Mn 2.49%
7 Gold.com 1.36 Bn 778.11 Mn 176.58 Mn 0.62%
8 GameStop 1.27 Bn -7.10 Bn 340.30 Mn 46.64%
9 Winmark 1.11 Bn 1.09 Bn 21.15 Mn 47.32%
10 Barnes & Noble Education 371.22 Mn 363.41 Mn 57.05 Mn -4.44%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 1, 2026 3.21%
May 2, 2026 3.09%
Jan 31, 2026 3.89%
Nov 1, 2025 1.46%
Aug 2, 2025 1.96%
May 3, 2025 2.32%
Feb 1, 2025 0.84%
Nov 2, 2024 2.87%
Aug 3, 2024 3.12%
May 4, 2024 2.77%
Feb 3, 2024 3.14%
Oct 28, 2023 2.69%
Jul 29, 2023 2.85%
Apr 29, 2023 2.59%
Jan 28, 2023 3.31%
Oct 29, 2022 2.60%
Jul 30, 2022 2.99%
Apr 30, 2022 3.20%
Jan 29, 2022 3.46%
Oct 30, 2021 4.18%