Financing
Share Buybacks
Best Buy Share Buybacks increased by 108.6% to $73.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 66.0%, from $215.00M to $73.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2022 to FY 2026), Share Buybacks shows a downward trend with a -47.2% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2014
Last reportedQ4 2026Mar 18, 2026
How to read this metric
High repurchases often signal management's confidence in the company's valuation or a strategy to improve earnings per share.
Detailed definition
The cash outflow associated with the company buying back its own shares from the open market. This is a primary method f...
Peer comparison
Common among mature, cash-generative companies; peers in the healthcare sector often balance this with R&D investment.
Metric ID:
share_repurchasesHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q3 '26 | Q4 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $927.00M | $396.00M | $405.00M | $1.77B | $455.00M | $10.00M | $0.00 | $549.00M | $79.00M | $79.00M | $112.00M | $70.00M | $50.00M | $98.00M | $137.00M | $215.00M | $100.00M | $65.00M | $35.00M | $73.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -57.3% | +2.3% | +338.0% | -74.4% | -97.8% | -100.0% | — | -85.6% | +0.0% | +41.8% | -37.5% | -28.6% | +96.0% | +39.8% | +56.9% | -53.5% | -35.0% | -46.2% | +108.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -50.9% | -97.5% | -100.0% | -69.1% | -82.6% | +690.0% | — | -87.2% | -36.7% | +24.1% | +22.3% | +207.1% | +100.0% | -33.7% | -74.5% | -66.0% |
Range$0.00 – $1.77B
CAGR-41.4%
Avg YoY Growth+23.0%
Median YoY Growth-50.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Best Buy's share buybacks?
- Best Buy (BBY) reported share buybacks of $73.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Best Buy's share buybacks changed year-over-year?
- Best Buy's share buybacks decreased by 66.0% year-over-year, from $215.00M to $73.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Best Buy's share buybacks?
- Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), Best Buy's share buybacks has grown at a -47.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $3.50B to $273.00M.
- What does share buybacks mean?
- Cash spent by the company to buy back its own stock.