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Best Buy BBY Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

Target logo
TargetTGT
6%-1.5pp
Walmart
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Walmart WMT
8.2%+0.9pp
Costco Wholesale logo
Costco WholesaleCOST
10.9%0.0pp
Amazon logo
AmazonAMZN
10.1%-1.1pp
Dell Technologies logo
Dell TechnologiesDELL
8.3%+2.9pp
Lowe's Companies logo
Lowe's CompaniesLOW
13.2%-1.8pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.9B+1.9%
Gross profit$2.1B+2.6%
Operating income$370.0M+69.0%
Net income$276.0M+36.6%
EPS (diluted)$1.31+37.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.0B+41.9%
Total debt$4.2B+2.0%
Total equity$3.1B+11.6%
Total assets$14.9B+5.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$375.0M+1,003%
CapEx$160.0M-3.6%
Free cash flow$215.0M+263%

Valuation

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Market cap$15.41B-9.3%
Enterprise value$17.54B-11.0%
P/E13.5×-5.8×
P/S0.4×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin22.5%-0.1pp
Operating margin3.7%+0.9pp
Net margin2.7%+0.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity39.1%+8.9pp
Debt / equity1.4×-0.1×
Current ratio1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Best Buy’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Best Buy’s 10-Q, filed June 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Best Buy's return on assets?
Best Buy (BBY) reported return on assets of 7.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Best Buy's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Best Buy's return on assets increased by 28.8% year-over-year, from 6.1% to 7.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Best Buy's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), Best Buy's return on assets has grown at a -19.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 53.7% to 22.2%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.