Best Buy BBY
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Best Buy (BBY) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2021)

Best Buy's (BBY) quarterly Short-term Investments came in at $60.0 million in Q2 2021, down 88.99% quarter-over-quarter from $545.0 million in Q4 2020.

Analysis

Best Buy (BBY) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy (BBY) has reported Short-term Investments for 11 consecutive years, with $60.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2021.

  • On a quarterly basis, Short-term Investments changed N/A year-over-year to $60.0 million in Q2 2021; TTM through May 2021 was $60.0 million, a N/A change from a year earlier, with the FY2018 full-year figure at $2.0 billion, up 20.88% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments was $60.0 million for Q2 2021 at Best Buy, down from $545.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Short-term Investments peaked at $2.2 billion in Q4 2017 and troughed at $60.0 million in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $1.1 billion and a median of $785.0 million in 2018 frame the typical range for Short-term Investments.
  • Across the five-year window, Short-term Investments jumped 59.67% in 2017 and slumped 96.6% in 2018, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Short-term Investments stood at $2.2 billion in 2017, then tumbled by 96.6% to $76.0 million in 2018, then surged by 321.05% to $320.0 million in 2019, then jumped by 70.31% to $545.0 million in 2020, then plunged by 88.99% to $60.0 million in 2021.
  • The last three Short-term Investments figures came in at $60.0 million (Q2 2021), $545.0 million (Q4 2020), and $320.0 million (Q3 2019), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

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

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 1, 2021 60.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 545.00 Mn
Aug 3, 2019 320.00 Mn
Nov 3, 2018 76.00 Mn
Aug 4, 2018 465.00 Mn
May 5, 2018 785.00 Mn
Feb 3, 2018 2.03 Bn
Oct 28, 2017 2.24 Bn
Jul 29, 2017 2.13 Bn
Apr 29, 2017 1.95 Bn
Jan 28, 2017 1.68 Bn
Oct 29, 2016 1.78 Bn
Jul 30, 2016 1.59 Bn
Apr 30, 2016 1.22 Bn
Jan 30, 2016 1.31 Bn
Oct 31, 2015 1.65 Bn
Aug 1, 2015 1.70 Bn
May 2, 2015 1.57 Bn
Jan 31, 2015 1.46 Bn
Nov 1, 2014 1.21 Bn