Ratio Examination: Best Buy Co. Inc (BBY)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

Ulysses Smith

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In the latest session, Best Buy Co. Inc (NYSE: BBY) closed at $78.54 up 0.17% from its previous closing price of $78.41. In other words, the price has increased by $0.17 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.19 million shares were traded. BBY stock price reached its highest trading level at $78.935 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $77.37.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Best Buy Co. Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 8.80 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.21. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.36 and its Current Ratio is at 1.04. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.50 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.27.

On May 23, 2025, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Outperform rating and also upped its target price recommendation from $100 to $90.

Citigroup Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on April 03, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $70.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 25 ’25 when Damien D. Harmon bought 33,669 shares for $74.19 per share.

Watson Mathew sold 2,018 shares of BBY for $154,908 on Sep 04 ’25. The SVP, Controller & CAO now owns 20,132 shares after completing the transaction at $76.76 per share. On Sep 04 ’25, another insider, Watson Mathew, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 2,018 shares for $76.76 each.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BBY now has a Market Capitalization of 16501353472 and an Enterprise Value of 18958352384. As of this moment, Best’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 21.64, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.72. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.11. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.40 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.08. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.456 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.362.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for BBY is 1.25, which has changed by -0.18306637 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13033986 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BBY has reached a high of $99.80, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $54.99. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.53%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.88%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, BBY has traded an average of 3.43M shares per day and 3309870 over the past ten days. A total of 210.40M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 194.26M. Insiders hold about 7.54% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.04% stake in the company. Shares short for BBY as of 1759190400 were 16094023 with a Short Ratio of 4.70, compared to 1756425600 on 15901871. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 16094023 and a Short% of Float of 9.86.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for BBY is 3.79, from 3.78 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.048208132. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.93. The current Payout Ratio is 87.85% for BBY, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-09-18 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-18. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-08-04 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

. The current market rating for Best Buy Co. Inc (BBY) reflects the collective analysis of 22.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.53, with high estimates of $2.66 and low estimates of $2.44.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $6.7 and $6.05 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $6.25. EPS for the following year is $6.7, with 25.0 analysts recommending between $7.15 and $6.22.

Revenue Estimates

A total of 19 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $9.57B this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $9.81B to a low estimate of $9.39B. As of. The current estimate, Best Buy Co. Inc’s year-ago sales were $9.45BFor the next quarter, 19 analysts are estimating revenue of $14.01B. There is a high estimate of $14.16B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $13.78B.

A total of 23 analysts have provided revenue estimates for BBY’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $41.96B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $41.33B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $41.76B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $41.53BBased on 23 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $42.4B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $43.86B and the low estimate is $41.85B.

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