Best Buy (BBY) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026)
Best Buy's Selling, General & Administrative came in at $1.92 billion for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), up 5.1% from $1.83 billion a year earlier and up 10.5% from the prior quarter.
Best Buy (BBY) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 1, 2026, Best Buy reported Selling, General & Administrative of $7.74 billion, up 1.1% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it was $7.62 billion, down 0.4% from FY2025.
- Selling, General & Administrative has declined in each of the last four fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.8% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Selling, General & Administrative was $7.65 billion in FY2025 (-2.9%), $7.88 billion in FY2024 (-1.2%), $7.97 billion in FY2023 (-7.7%) and $8.64 billion in FY2022 (+8.9%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Selling, General & Administrative is $1.72 billion (fiscal Q1 2026) to $2.51 billion (fiscal Q4 2022).
- Year-over-year, Selling, General & Administrative increased in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 0.4%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Selling, General & Administrative over five years came in fiscal Q4 2022 (growth of 5.8%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2023 (a decline of 9.9%).
- Business Quant data shows BBY's Selling, General & Administrative at $1.74 billion (Q1 2027), $2.19 billion (Q4 2026) and $1.88 billion (Q3 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | SG&A (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Com | 2,669.53 Bn | 2,186.22 Bn | 104.83 Bn | 2.79 Bn |
| 2 | Home Depot | 316.32 Bn | 309.56 Bn | 16.12 Bn | 8.42 Bn |
| 3 | Tjx Companies | 160.13 Bn | 137.67 Bn | 5.07 Bn | 3.09 Bn |
| 4 | Lowes Companies | 110.78 Bn | 103.74 Bn | 8.58 Bn | 4.46 Bn |
| 5 | O Reilly Automotive | 74.84 Bn | 73.92 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 1.53 Bn |
| 6 | Ross Stores | 73.07 Bn | 55.99 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 1.02 Bn |
| 7 | Target | 69.72 Bn | 64.31 Bn | 8.94 Bn | 5.73 Bn |
| 8 | Autozone | 53.11 Bn | 52.02 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 1.60 Bn |
| 9 | Carvana | 40.51 Bn | 31.00 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 704.00 Mn |
| 10 | Best Buy | 20.64 Bn | 13.97 Bn | 2.34 Bn | 1.92 Bn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.92 Bn |
| May 2, 2026 | 1.74 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 2.19 Bn |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 1.88 Bn |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 1.83 Bn |
| May 3, 2025 | 1.72 Bn |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 2.23 Bn |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 1.87 Bn |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 1.81 Bn |
| May 4, 2024 | 1.74 Bn |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 2.27 Bn |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 1.88 Bn |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 1.88 Bn |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 1.85 Bn |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 2.26 Bn |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 1.94 Bn |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 1.88 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 1.89 Bn |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 2.51 Bn |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 2.13 Bn |
Best Buy Selling, General & Administrative 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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=BBY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "selling-general-and-administrative", "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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=BBY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();