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Best Buy (BBY) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Best Buy has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 18 years, most recently at 17.26% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 125.0% to 17.26% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 17.26% through Jan 2026, up 125.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 19.71% for FY2026, 131.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 17.26% for Q1 2026 at Best Buy, up from 14.98% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 37.38% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 14.98% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 23.9% (2024), against an average of 24.13%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed skyrocketed 3219bps in 2022 and then plummeted -1324bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 33.07% in 2022, then dropped by -20bps to 26.44% in 2023, then dropped by -5bps to 25.2% in 2024, then tumbled by -41bps to 14.98% in 2025, then grew by 15bps to 17.26% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BBY's Return on Capital Employed are 17.26% (Q1 2026), 14.98% (Q4 2025), and 16.9% (Q3 2025).