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

Best Buy (BBY) posted quarterly Short-term Investments of $60.0 million for Q2 2021, down 88.99% quarter-over-quarter from $545.0 million in Q4 2020.

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.

  • In Q2 2021, Short-term Investments changed N/A year-over-year to $60.0 million; the TTM figure through May 2021 stood at $60.0 million (changed N/A YoY), while the FY2018 annual figure was $2.0 billion, up 20.88% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments slipped to $60.0 million in Q2 2021 per BBY's latest filing, from $545.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Short-term Investments topped out at $2.2 billion in Q4 2017 and bottomed at $60.0 million in Q2 2021.
  • Historically, Short-term Investments has averaged $1.1 billion across 5 years, with a median of $785.0 million in 2018.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2017 — Short-term Investments surged 59.67% — and 2018, when it sank 96.6%.
  • Best Buy's Short-term Investments stood at $2.2 billion in 2017, then tumbled by 96.6% to $76.0 million in 2018, then jumped by 321.05% to $320.0 million in 2019, then soared by 70.31% to $545.0 million in 2020, then plunged by 88.99% to $60.0 million in 2021.
  • Business Quant data shows BBY's Short-term Investments at $60.0 million in Q2 2021, $545.0 million in Q4 2020, and $320.0 million in Q3 2019.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 30.86 Bn 30.34 Bn 1.08 Bn
2 Williams Sonoma 28.83 Bn 27.81 Bn 1.10 Bn
3 Ulta Beauty 22.86 Bn 22.64 Bn 1.27 Bn
4 Tractor Supply 18.25 Bn 18.02 Bn 1.68 Bn
5 Best Buy 18.12 Bn 16.37 Bn 2.10 Bn
6 Dick'S Sporting Goods 16.18 Bn 15.18 Bn 1.68 Bn
7 Five Below 13.82 Bn 12.71 Bn 478.64 Mn
8 Murphy USA 10.46 Bn 10.28 Bn 746.50 Mn
9 Bath & Body Works 4.03 Bn 3.08 Bn 1.24 Bn
10 MINISO Group Holding 3.38 Bn 2.41 Bn 414.86 Mn

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