# Best Buy Company, Inc. (BBY) — Stock CV

Best Buy Company, Inc. is a $18.3B consumer company. Revenue grew 1.4% over the last year, it keeps 3¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and it holds more cash than debt. It trades at 14.3× earnings — around the middle of its own history.

> Best Buy Co Inc is a pure-play consumer electronics retailer in the USA. It has two reportable segments: Domestic and International.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: BBY
- **Sector**: Consumer Cyclical
- **Industry**: Specialty Retail
- **Headquarters**: RICHFIELD, MN
- **Employees**: 82 000
- **Website**: https://www.bestbuy.com
- **Market cap**: $18.3B
- **Last price**: $87.24
- **Financial profile**: Mixed

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $42.2B
- **Net income**: $1.27B
- **Free cash flow**: $1.77B
- **Net cash**: $562M
- **P/E**: 14.3
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 1.4%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 80 |
| Growth | 12 |
| Profitability | 61 |
| Health | 62 |
| Quality | 97 |
| Moat | 68 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 9 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +1.4% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $1.27B TTM
- [ ] Profit growing — -7.1% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $1.77B TTM
- [x] Debt under control — more cash than debt
- [x] Established company — $18.3B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -19.4% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 11/11 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — health score 37/100
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 4.40%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 14.3

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2022** — Revenue crossed $50B: $51.8B for the year
- **FY2022** — Best year on record: $2.45B net income
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 11 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $10B: $39.5B in first reported year
- **FY2016** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 11-year streak

## Strengths

- Net cash position after subtracting debt from cash
- Interest covered 256.4× by operating earnings
- High returns on invested capital (ROIC 44.5%)
- Piotroski F-Score 7/9 — fundamentally strong checklist

## Watch-outs

- None stand out in the data.

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | $51.8B | $2.45B | $2.52B |
| FY2023 | $46.3B | $1.42B | $894M |
| FY2024 | $43.5B | $1.24B | $675M |
| FY2025 | $41.5B | $927M | $1.39B |
| FY2026 | $41.7B | $1.07B | $1.26B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/BBY — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.