Best Buy (BBY) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Best Buy (BBY) reported Operating Margin of 4.31% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), up 1.65 percentage points from 2.66% a year earlier and up 0.16 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Best Buy (BBY) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 1, 2026, Best Buy's Operating Margin came in at 4.05%, up 1.56 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it was 3.33%, up 0.29 percentage points from FY2025.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of -1.73 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Operating Margin came in at 3.04% in FY2025 (-0.58 pp), 3.62% in FY2024 (-0.25 pp), 3.88% in FY2023 (-1.99 pp) and 5.87% in FY2022 (+0.81 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Operating Margin spans a low of 1.56% in fiscal Q4 2025 and a high of 5.63% in fiscal Q3 2022.
- Year over year, Operating Margin has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.08 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2026 (a gain of 3.66 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2023 (a drop of 3.13 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 came in at 4.14% (Q1 2027), 5.22% (Q4 2026) and 2.05% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Com | 2,842.80 Bn | 2,359.50 Bn | 104.83 Bn | 13.69% |
| 2 | Home Depot | 312.39 Bn | 305.63 Bn | 16.12 Bn | 14.29% |
| 3 | Tjx Companies | 161.60 Bn | 139.15 Bn | 5.07 Bn | 13.09% |
| 4 | Lowes Companies | 109.80 Bn | 102.76 Bn | 8.58 Bn | 13.67% |
| 5 | Ross Stores | 75.21 Bn | 58.14 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 17.62% |
| 6 | O Reilly Automotive | 73.40 Bn | 72.49 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 20.15% |
| 7 | Target | 69.95 Bn | 64.53 Bn | 8.94 Bn | 9.65% |
| 8 | Autozone | 51.83 Bn | 50.74 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 19.08% |
| 9 | Carvana | 43.36 Bn | 33.85 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 9.22% |
| 10 | Best Buy | 19.96 Bn | 13.29 Bn | 2.34 Bn | 4.31% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 4.31% |
| May 2, 2026 | 4.14% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 5.22% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 2.05% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 2.66% |
| May 3, 2025 | 2.50% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 1.56% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 3.71% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 4.12% |
| May 4, 2024 | 3.53% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 3.83% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 3.63% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 3.63% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 3.29% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 4.05% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 3.45% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 3.59% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 4.34% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 4.91% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 5.63% |
Best Buy Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BBY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "BBY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BBY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();