Best Buy BBY
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At close: Sep 18, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Best Buy (BBY) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Best Buy's (BBY) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at $2.8 billion in Q3 2026, up 16.93% year-over-year from $2.4 billion in Q3 2025, and up 4.0% quarter-over-quarter from $2.7 billion in Q2 2026.

Analysis

Best Buy (BBY) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy (BBY) has reported Retained Earnings for 18 consecutive years, with $2.8 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings rose 16.93% year-over-year to $2.8 billion in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was $2.8 billion, a 16.93% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $2.6 billion, up 4.99% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was $2.8 billion for Q3 2026 at Best Buy, up from $2.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at $2.8 billion in Q3 2026 and troughed at $2.3 billion in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $2.6 billion and a median of $2.5 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings slumped 36.97% in 2022 and advanced 16.93% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Retained Earnings stood at $2.6 billion in 2022, then dropped by 4.43% to $2.5 billion in 2023, then climbed by 10.84% to $2.8 billion in 2024, then dropped by 16.18% to $2.3 billion in 2025, then advanced by 20.73% to $2.8 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at $2.8 billion (Q3 2026), $2.7 billion (Q2 2026), and $2.6 billion (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Ulta Beauty 23.16 Bn 22.94 Bn 1.19 Bn 1.57 Bn
2 Best Buy 19.53 Bn 17.27 Bn 2.34 Bn 2.78 Bn
3 Dick'S Sporting Goods 10.76 Bn 9.84 Bn 1.94 Bn 7.24 Bn
4 GameStop 10.16 Bn 5.10 Bn 345.00 Mn 893.50 Mn
5 Signet Jewelers 3.88 Bn 3.35 Bn 602.40 Mn 4.04 Bn
6 Academy Sports & Outdoors 3.00 Bn 2.70 Bn 665.90 Mn 1.92 Bn
7 National Vision Holdings 1.33 Bn 1.30 Bn 290.43 Mn 848.15 Mn
8 Gold.com 1.32 Bn 490.26 Mn 110.30 Mn 523.74 Mn
9 Winmark 1.02 Bn 997.85 Mn 21.15 Mn -60.73 Mn
10 Barnes & Noble Education 369.06 Mn 361.25 Mn 57.05 Mn -708.61 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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Aug 1, 2026 2.78 Bn
May 2, 2026 2.68 Bn
Jan 31, 2026 2.61 Bn
Nov 1, 2025 2.31 Bn
Aug 2, 2025 2.38 Bn
May 3, 2025 2.43 Bn
Feb 1, 2025 2.49 Bn
Nov 2, 2024 2.75 Bn
Aug 3, 2024 2.78 Bn
May 4, 2024 2.72 Bn
Feb 3, 2024 2.68 Bn
Oct 28, 2023 2.48 Bn
Jul 29, 2023 2.49 Bn
Apr 29, 2023 2.45 Bn
Jan 28, 2023 2.43 Bn
Oct 29, 2022 2.60 Bn
Jul 30, 2022 2.52 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 2.42 Bn
Jan 29, 2022 2.67 Bn
Oct 30, 2021 3.92 Bn