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

Best Buy (BBY) has reported Operating Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 4.31% the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 165.0% year-over-year to 4.31% in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was 4.05%, a 156.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 3.33%, up 29.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 4.31% for Q3 2026 at Best Buy, up from 4.14% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 5.63% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 1.56% in Q1 2025.
• A 5-year average of 3.7% and a median of 3.71% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin sank 313 bps in 2022 and soared 366 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 3.45% in 2022, then gained by 5 bps to 3.63% in 2023, then climbed by 2 bps to 3.71% in 2024, then slumped by 45 bps to 2.05% in 2025, then surged by 110 bps to 4.31% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 4.31% (Q3 2026), 4.14% (Q2 2026), and 5.22% (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.