Best Buy (BBY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is a specialty retailer of technology products and services. The company sells consumer electronics, computers and tablets, mobile phones, appliances, entertainment products, smart-home devices, gaming equipment and related accessories through its stores and digital platforms.

Best Buy also provides technology services through Geek Squad, including product installation, setup, repair, troubleshooting and technical support. Its operations include retail stores, e-commerce, delivery and fulfillment services, as well as membership and protection offerings. The company serves consumers, small businesses and other customers primarily in the United States and Canada.

Best Buy was founded in 1966 as Sound of Music and adopted the Best Buy name in 1983. The company became publicly traded in 1987 and has expanded its business through multiple retail brands and service offerings, including Geek Squad, Pacific Kitchen & Home and Magnolia Home Theater. Corie Barry has served as Best Buy’s chief executive officer since 2019.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $86.14 to $88.38
• 50-Day Range: $79.87 to $94.94
• 52-Week Range: $55.10 to $96.53
• Volume: 2.93 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.17 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $18.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.55
• Dividend Yield: 4.39%
• Price Target: $85.65
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Best Buy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Best Buy scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 183rd out of 478 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Best Buy has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.29, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 6 buy ratings, 12 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Best Buy is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Best Buy has been the subject of 16 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.89%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Best Buy are expected to grow by 6.89% in the coming year, from $6.82 to $7.29 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Best Buy is 14.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Best Buy is 14.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.22.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Best Buy has a PEG Ratio of 2.20. 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 6.16. 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

7.66% 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 3.97, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Best Buy has recently increased by 7.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Best Buy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.37%, 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 63.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Best Buy will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.67% next year. This indicates that Best Buy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

Best Buy has a news sentiment score of 0.96. 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 0.43 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Best Buy this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 50 people have searched for BBY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added Best Buy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% 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 $38,448,113.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.50% 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

• Record date for 7/9 Dividend: 6/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/9 Dividend: 6/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/09/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/27/2026
• Record date for 10/8 Dividend: 9/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/8 Dividend: 9/17/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/08/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/24/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• 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: $85.65
• High Price Target: $100.00
• Low Price Target: $71.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.29
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.01
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.55
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.82
• P/E Growth: 2.2
• Net Income: $1.07 billion
• Net Margins: 3.01%
• Pretax Margin: 4.12%
• Return on Equity: 48.14%
• Return on Assets: 9.16%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.36
• Current Ratio: 1.12
• Quick Ratio: 0.41

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $41.69 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.44
• Cash Flow: $11.22 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.79
• Book Value: $14.18 per share
• Price / Book: 6.16

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 209,730,000
• Free Float: 208,679,000
• Market Cap: $18.33 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.26