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

Best Buy (BBY) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Best Buy's (BBY) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 26.98% in Q3 2026, up 10.0% year-over-year from 24.52% in Q3 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 26.98% in Q2 2026.

Analysis

Best Buy (BBY) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Best Buy (BBY) has reported Tax Rate for 18 consecutive years, with 26.98% the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate rose 10.0% year-over-year to 26.98% in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was 26.94%, a 57.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 24.0%, down 472.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 26.98% for Q3 2026 at Best Buy, roughly flat from 26.98% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 47.53% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 8.56% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 25.08% and a median of 24.71% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate jumped 2630 bps in 2025 and slumped 2184 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 23.4% in 2022, then grew by 6 bps to 24.71% in 2023, then slipped by 3 bps to 23.88% in 2024, then surged by 31 bps to 31.22% in 2025, then dropped by 14 bps to 26.98% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 26.98% (Q3 2026), 26.98% (Q2 2026), and 25.69% (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Ulta Beauty 23.16 Bn 22.94 Bn 1.19 Bn 24.44%
2 Best Buy 19.53 Bn 17.27 Bn 2.34 Bn 26.98%
3 Dick'S Sporting Goods 10.76 Bn 9.84 Bn 1.94 Bn 28.04%
4 GameStop 10.16 Bn 5.10 Bn 345.00 Mn 28.91%
5 Signet Jewelers 3.88 Bn 3.35 Bn 602.40 Mn 28.53%
6 Academy Sports & Outdoors 3.00 Bn 2.70 Bn 665.90 Mn 22.70%
7 National Vision Holdings 1.33 Bn 1.30 Bn 290.43 Mn 30.89%
8 Gold.com 1.32 Bn 490.26 Mn 110.30 Mn 67.09%
9 Winmark 1.02 Bn 997.85 Mn 21.15 Mn 21.17%
10 Barnes & Noble Education 369.06 Mn 361.25 Mn 57.05 Mn 35.35%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 1, 2026 26.98%
May 2, 2026 26.98%
Jan 31, 2026 25.69%
Nov 1, 2025 31.22%
Aug 2, 2025 26.88%
May 3, 2025 8.56%
Feb 1, 2025 47.53%
Nov 2, 2024 23.88%
Aug 3, 2024 25.83%
May 4, 2024 24.62%
Feb 3, 2024 21.23%
Oct 28, 2023 24.71%
Jul 29, 2023 26.02%
Apr 29, 2023 23.44%
Jan 28, 2023 20.29%
Oct 29, 2022 23.40%
Jul 30, 2022 15.80%
Apr 30, 2022 24.39%
Jan 29, 2022 29.13%
Oct 30, 2021 25.00%