Company Dossier · Consumer Discretionary
Best Buy Co.
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Best Buy Co. is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to August 1, 2026: $42.2 billion, up 1.4% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to August 1, 2026: $1.77 billion, up 31% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to August 1, 2026: $0.71 billion, about level with a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to January 31, 2026: $0.27 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to January 30, 2021: $1.89 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 27, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.85 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 4 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 2 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed March 18, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 2 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $112 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 873 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+5 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 43 (37 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 3 — latest OSHA inspection, Mar 27, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Best Buy Co. is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending53rd pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex96th pct
- Hiring filings90th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications3rd pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment75th pct
- Call confidence87th pct
- Guidance changes73rd pct
- Risk factors added74th pct
- Insider open-market trades38th pct
- + Call confidence
- + Call sentiment
- + Guidance changes
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver39th pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Best Buy Co.'s borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$1.2B
- Due within a year $0.0B
- Longer term $1.2B
- Default point $0.6B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Aug 1, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Best Buy Co., with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralTCS buys Best Buy’s India GCCs to transform into AI Capability Centres
thehindubusinessline.com · via Marketaux · Oct 2, 2026
- PositiveBest Buy: Looking Like A Great Bargain Now With Rising Comps (Upgrade) (NYSE:BBY)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 1, 2026
- NeutralScore free Pixel Buds 2A when you preorder a Googlebook at Best Buy
The Verge · Sep 22, 2026
- Neutral$100 Best Buy gift cards will be $60 at stores Saturday
The Verge · Aug 21, 2026
- NeutralBest Buy is selling an RTX 5080 for more than the RTX 5090’s MSRP
The Verge · Jul 30, 2026
- NeutralMicrosoft’s latest Surface Laptop is hundreds off at Best Buy
The Verge · Jul 30, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BEST BUY CO., INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 12, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (K&L GATES, LLP)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 6, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Aug 18, 2026Patent
- Aug 3, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (K&L GATES, LLP)second_quarter 2026
- Jul 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BEST BUY CO., INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
- Jul 14, 2026Patent
- Jul 8, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jun 22, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 17, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 22, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BEST BUY CO., INC.)first_quarter 2026 · $0.4 million
- Apr 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (K&L GATES, LLP)first_quarter 2026
- Mar 27, 2026Risk event
- Mar 18, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 2 removed
- Mar 3, 2026Risk event
- Feb 3, 2026Patent
- Dec 10, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 3, 2025Risk event
- Dec 1, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 11, 2025Patent
- Sep 25, 2025Risk event
- Sep 12, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Sep 4, 2025Risk event
- Jul 11, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 17, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 23, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Apr 23, 20258-KMaterial agreement terminatedItem 1.02
- Mar 19, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 3 removed
- Mar 11, 2025Patent
- Feb 12, 2025Risk event
- Jan 10, 2025Risk event
- Oct 30, 2024Risk event
- Mar 15, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
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