Best Buy BBY
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As of: Sep 30, 2026 · 10:25 AM EDT

Best Buy (BBY) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Best Buy (BBY) posted Operating Expenses of $1.92 billion for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), down 1.3% from $1.94 billion a year earlier but up 10.7% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Best Buy (BBY) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Aug 1, 2026, Operating Expenses at Best Buy was $7.69 billion, down 2.3% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at $7.81 billion, up 2.2% from FY2025.

  • Annual Operating Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.9% (FY2021 to FY2026).
  • In prior fiscal years, Best Buy's Operating Expenses was $7.65 billion in FY2025 (-4.7%), $8.03 billion in FY2024 (-1.1%), $8.12 billion in FY2023 (-5.6%) and $8.6 billion in FY2022 (+5.0%).
  • Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of $1.73 billion in fiscal Q1 2027 to a high of $2.45 billion in fiscal Q4 2023 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average decline of 0.8% over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2026, with growth of 7.8%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2022, with a decline of 10.2%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior fiscal quarters was $1.73 billion (Q1 2027), $2.16 billion (Q4 2026) and $1.88 billion (Q3 2026).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Amazon Com 2,654.24 Bn 2,170.93 Bn 104.83 Bn 173.15 Bn
2 Home Depot 289.19 Bn 282.43 Bn 16.12 Bn 9.28 Bn
3 Tjx Companies 143.39 Bn 120.94 Bn 5.07 Bn 3.09 Bn
4 Lowes Companies 105.29 Bn 98.25 Bn 8.58 Bn 4.46 Bn
5 Ross Stores 75.79 Bn 58.72 Bn 2.12 Bn 1.02 Bn
6 Target 72.00 Bn 66.59 Bn 8.94 Bn 5.73 Bn
7 O Reilly Automotive 70.61 Bn 69.69 Bn 2.52 Bn 1.53 Bn
8 Carvana 66.52 Bn 58.12 Bn 1.38 Bn 704.00 Mn
9 Autozone 47.57 Bn 46.47 Bn 2.52 Bn 1.60 Bn
10 Best Buy 18.93 Bn 12.26 Bn 2.34 Bn 1.92 Bn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 1, 2026 1.92 Bn
May 2, 2026 1.73 Bn
Jan 31, 2026 2.16 Bn
Nov 1, 2025 1.88 Bn
Aug 2, 2025 1.94 Bn
May 3, 2025 1.83 Bn
Feb 1, 2025 2.23 Bn
Nov 2, 2024 1.87 Bn
Aug 3, 2024 1.80 Bn
May 4, 2024 1.75 Bn
Feb 3, 2024 2.44 Bn
Oct 28, 2023 1.88 Bn
Jul 29, 2023 1.87 Bn
Apr 29, 2023 1.84 Bn
Jan 28, 2023 2.45 Bn
Oct 29, 2022 1.97 Bn
Jul 30, 2022 1.92 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 1.89 Bn
Jan 29, 2022 2.32 Bn
Oct 30, 2021 2.13 Bn
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