Best Buy (BBY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Best Buy Co., Inc. is a leading North American consumer electronics retailer that sells a broad range of products including computers, mobile phones, televisions and home theater systems, major appliances, smart-home devices, gaming hardware and software, wearables and related accessories. The company operates through a mix of large-format stores, smaller specialty locations and an e-commerce platform, offering national and private-brand merchandise from major consumer-technology manufacturers as well as third-party sellers.

Beyond product retailing, Best Buy provides a suite of services aimed at installation, repair and ongoing technical support. Its service offerings include in‑home and in‑store repair and installation, extended protection plans, and subscription-based support through the Geek Squad organization, which Best Buy acquired in 2002. The company also sells solutions for small and medium-sized businesses and offers trade-in and device recycling programs as part of its customer service and sustainability efforts.

Founded in 1966 as an audio specialty retailer by Richard Schulze and later rebranded as Best Buy in the early 1980s, the company is headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota. Best Buy primarily serves customers in the United States and Canada through its retail footprint and online channels. It is a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BBY.

Best Buy’s strategy emphasizes an omnichannel customer experience, combining physical stores with digital shopping and fulfillment capabilities, and increasing the role of services and subscriptions as recurring revenue sources. Governance and executive leadership are overseen by a board of directors and an executive management team that focuses on adapting the company’s merchandising, supply chain and customer-service model to shifting consumer technology trends.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $61.19 to $62.33
• 50-Day Range: $55.49 to $66.96
• 52-Week Range: $55.10 to $84.99
• Volume: 5.50 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.39 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.97 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.21
• Dividend Yield: 6.24%
• Price Target: $70.80
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Best Buy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Best Buy scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 23rd out of 199 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Best Buy has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.32, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 9 buy ratings, 11 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Best Buy has a consensus price target of $70.80, representing about 15.1% upside from its current price of $61.53.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Best Buy has been the subject of 15 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.69%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Best Buy are expected to grow by 7.69% in the coming year, from $6.50 to $7.00 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Best Buy is 12.21, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 43.12.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Best Buy is 12.21, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 16.21.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Best Buy has a PEG Ratio of 1.52. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Best Buy has a P/B Ratio of 4.34. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.85% of the float of Best Buy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Best Buy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.55.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Best Buy has recently decreased by 0.31%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Best Buy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.23%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Best Buy has been increasing its dividend for 22 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Best Buy is 76.19%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Best Buy will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.86% next year. This indicates that Best Buy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.41

News Sentiment

Best Buy has a news sentiment score of 1.41. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Best Buy this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

56 people have searched for BBY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

14 people have added Best Buy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Best Buy insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,945,353.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.47% of the stock of Best Buy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.96% of the stock of Best Buy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/03/2026
• Record date for 4/14 Dividend: 3/24/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 4/14 Dividend: 3/24/2026
• Dividend Payable: 4/14/2026
• Today: 5/24/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: RETAIL - CONS ELC
• Sub-Industry: Computer & Electronics Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BBY
• CIK: 764478
• Web: www.bestbuy.com
• Phone: (612) 291-1000
• Fax: 612-292-4001
• Employees: 82,000
• Year Founded: 1966

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Best Buy: $70.80
• High Price Target: $96.00
• Low Price Target: $8.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.32
• Research Coverage: 22 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.04
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.21
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.47
• P/E Growth: 1.52
• Net Income: $1.07 billion
• Net Margins: 2.56%
• Pretax Margin: 3.37%
• Return on Equity: 49.17%
• Return on Assets: 8.97%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.39
• Current Ratio: 1.11
• Quick Ratio: 0.43

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $41.69 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.31
• Cash Flow: $11.27 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.46
• Book Value: $14.18 per share
• Price / Book: 4.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 210,700,000
• Free Float: 209,705,000
• Market Cap: $12.97 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.22