BEST BUY CO., INC. (BBY) Spending and interest coverage
- R&D / revenue · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-08-01..
- Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-08-01..
- Interest coverage · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Estimated: average term debt × dated USD coupon proxy + average commercial paper × matching-currency disclosed rate at or before period end. Swaps, foreign-exchange, lease interest and amortization are not quantified..
Spending and interest coverage
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-08-01; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| R&D / revenue · 12 months | (m) | Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-08-01. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months | (m) | Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-08-01. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Interest coverage · 12 months | (m) | Estimated: average term debt × dated USD coupon proxy + average commercial paper × matching-currency disclosed rate at or before period end. Swaps, foreign-exchange, lease interest and amortization are not quantified. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Research and development spending | (m) | |
| Revenue | (m) | |
| Stock-based compensation | 138.00M USD | Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense |
| Operating income | 1.71B USD | Operating Income (Loss) |
| Interest expense · reported / estimated | (m) | Interest Expense · Estimated expense assumptions |
Latest interest expense basis: (m). Estimated values carry *; expand each history row’s basis for its dated balances and rate assumptions.
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Research and development spending (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Stock-based compensation (USD) | Operating income (USD) | Interest expense · reported / estimated (USD) | R&D / revenue | SBC / revenue | Interest coverage | Interest expense basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | (m) | (m) | $138.00M | $1.71B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2026-05-02 | (m) | (m) | $139.00M | $1.54B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2026-01-31 | (m) | $41.69B | $139.00M | $1.39B | $47.00M | (m) | 0.33% | 29.55× | Reported |
| 2025-11-01 | (m) | (m) | $137.00M | $885.00M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-08-02 | (m) | (m) | $140.00M | $1.04B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-05-03 | (m) | $41.45B | $141.00M | $1.17B | $51.00M | (m) | 0.34% | 22.92× | Reported |
| 2025-02-01 | (m) | $41.53B | $139.00M | $1.26B | $51.00M | (m) | 0.33% | 24.75× | Reported |
| 2024-11-02 | (m) | $42.23B | $143.00M | $1.61B | $52.00M | (m) | 0.34% | 30.88× | Reported |
| 2024-08-03 | (m) | $42.54B | $144.00M | $1.61B | $53.00M | (m) | 0.34% | 30.38× | Reported |
| 2024-05-04 | (m) | $42.83B | $145.00M | $1.57B | $52.00M | (m) | 0.34% | 30.29× | Reported |
| 2024-02-03 | (m) | $43.45B | $145.00M | $1.57B | $52.00M | (m) | 0.33% | 30.27× | Reported |
| 2023-10-28 | (m) | $43.54B | $150.00M | $1.61B | $50.00M | (m) | 0.34% | 32.20× | Reported |
| 2023-07-29 | (m) | $44.37B | $148.00M | $1.62B | $46.00M | (m) | 0.33% | 35.24× | Reported |
| 2023-04-29 | (m) | $45.12B | $137.00M | $1.64B | $41.00M | (m) | 0.30% | 40.10× | Reported |
| 2023-01-28 | (m) | $46.30B | $138.00M | $1.79B | $35.00M | (m) | 0.30% | 51.29× | Reported |
| 2022-10-29 | (m) | $47.93B | $134.00M | $2.00B | $29.00M | (m) | 0.28% | 69.00× | Reported |
| 2022-07-30 | (m) | $49.25B | $135.00M | $2.31B | $26.00M | (m) | 0.27% | 88.69× | Reported |
| 2022-04-30 | (m) | $50.77B | $143.00M | $2.73B | $25.00M | (m) | 0.28% | 109.28× | Reported |
| 2022-01-29 | (m) | $51.76B | $141.00M | $3.04B | $25.00M | (m) | 0.27% | 121.56× | Reported |
| 2021-10-30 | (m) | $52.33B | $133.00M | $3.27B | $28.00M | (m) | 0.25% | 116.75× | Reported |
| 2021-07-31 | (m) | $52.28B | $141.00M | $3.16B | $32.00M | (m) | 0.27% | 98.75× | Reported |
| 2021-05-01 | (m) | $50.34B | $157.00M | $2.93B | $41.00M | (m) | 0.31% | 71.49× | Reported |
| 2021-01-30 | (m) | $47.26B | $135.00M | $2.39B | $52.00M | (m) | 0.29% | 45.98× | Reported |
| 2020-10-31 | (m) | $45.52B | $141.00M | $2.33B | $57.00M | (m) | 0.31% | 40.79× | Reported |
| 2020-08-01 | (m) | $43.43B | $134.00M | $2.16B | $62.00M | (m) | 0.31% | 34.82× | Reported |
| 2020-05-02 | (m) | $43.06B | $122.00M | $1.90B | $63.00M | (m) | 0.28% | 30.22× | Reported |
| 2020-02-01 | (m) | $43.64B | $143.00M | $2.01B | $64.00M | (m) | 0.33% | 31.39× | Reported |
| 2019-11-02 | (m) | $43.24B | $140.00M | $2.02B | $70.00M | (m) | 0.32% | 28.86× | Reported |
| 2019-08-03 | (m) | $43.07B | $134.00M | $1.95B | $69.00M | (m) | 0.31% | 28.22× | Reported |
| 2019-05-04 | (m) | $42.91B | $127.00M | $1.97B | $72.00M | (m) | 0.30% | 27.35× | Reported |
| 2019-02-02 | (m) | $42.88B | $123.00M | $1.90B | $73.00M | (m) | 0.29% | 26.03× | Reported |
| 2018-11-03 | (m) | $43.44B | $124.00M | $1.79B | $71.00M | (m) | 0.29% | 25.27× | Reported |
| 2018-08-04 | (m) | $43.17B | $125.00M | $1.82B | $76.00M | (m) | 0.29% | 23.97× | Reported |
| 2018-05-05 | (m) | $42.73B | $130.00M | $1.81B | $75.00M | (m) | 0.30% | 24.11× | Reported |
| 2018-02-03 | (m) | $42.15B | $129.00M | $1.84B | $75.00M | (m) | 0.31% | 24.57× | Reported |
| 2017-10-28 | (m) | $40.27B | $123.00M | $1.85B | $75.00M | (m) | 0.31% | 24.69× | Reported |
| 2017-07-29 | (m) | $39.90B | $118.00M | $1.81B | $71.00M | (m) | 0.30% | 25.55× | Reported |
| 2017-04-29 | (m) | $39.49B | $108.00M | $1.78B | $71.00M | (m) | 0.27% | 25.10× | Reported |
| 2017-01-28 | (m) | $39.40B | $108.00M | $1.85B | $72.00M | (m) | 0.27% | 25.75× | Reported |
| 2016-10-29 | (m) | $39.54B | $106.00M | $1.74B | $74.00M | (m) | 0.27% | 23.57× | Reported |
| 2016-07-30 | (m) | $39.42B | $106.00M | $1.66B | $78.00M | (m) | 0.27% | 21.31× | Reported |
| 2016-04-30 | (m) | $39.41B | $108.00M | $1.66B | $80.00M | (m) | 0.27% | 20.76× | Reported |
| 2016-01-30 | (m) | $39.53B | $104.00M | $1.38B | $80.00M | (m) | 0.26% | 17.19× | Reported |
| 2015-10-31 | (m) | $40.11B | $104.00M | $1.41B | $82.00M | (m) | 0.26% | 17.24× | Reported |
| 2015-08-01 | (m) | $40.33B | $102.00M | $1.39B | $84.00M | (m) | 0.25% | 16.54× | Reported |
| 2015-05-02 | (m) | $40.26B | $91.00M | $1.33B | $87.00M | (m) | 0.23% | 15.24× | Reported |
| 2015-01-31 | (m) | $40.34B | $87.00M | $1.45B | $90.00M | (m) | 0.22% | 16.11× | Reported |
| 2014-11-01 | (m) | $41.78B | $83.00M | $1.09B | $91.00M | (m) | 0.20% | 12.02× | Reported |
| 2014-08-02 | (m) | $41.73B | $85.00M | $994.00M | $93.00M | (m) | 0.20% | 10.69× | Reported |
| 2014-05-03 | (m) | $42.10B | $91.00M | $1.17B | $96.00M | (m) | 0.22% | 12.18× | Reported |
| 2014-02-01 | (m) | $42.41B | $90.00M | $1.14B | $100.00M | (m) | 0.21% | 11.40× | Reported |
| 2013-11-02 | (m) | $42.99B | (m) | $490.00M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-08-03 | (m) | $43.01B | (m) | $401.00M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-05-04 | (m) | $47.39B | (m) | $68.00M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-02-02 | (m) | $49.62B | (m) | $162.00M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2012-11-03 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2012-08-04 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2012-05-05 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2012-03-03 | (m) | $50.70B | $120.00M | $1.08B | $134.00M | (m) | 0.24% | 8.10× | Reported |
| 2012-01-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2012-01-28 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-11-26 | (m) | $50.64B | $127.00M | $1.75B | $125.00M | (m) | 0.25% | 14.02× | Reported |
| 2011-10-29 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-08-27 | (m) | $50.43B | $126.00M | $1.96B | $108.00M | (m) | 0.25% | 18.14× | Reported |
| 2011-07-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-05-28 | (m) | $50.42B | $123.00M | $2.08B | $95.00M | (m) | 0.24% | 21.93× | Reported |
| 2011-04-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-02-26 | (m) | $50.27B | $121.00M | $2.11B | $87.00M | (m) | 0.24% | 24.30× | Reported |
| 2011-01-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-11-27 | (m) | $50.57B | $117.00M | $2.39B | $90.00M | (m) | 0.23% | 26.58× | Reported |
| 2010-08-28 | (m) | $50.70B | $119.00M | $2.38B | $93.00M | (m) | 0.23% | 25.62× | Reported |
| 2010-05-29 | (m) | $50.39B | $120.00M | $2.25B | $94.00M | (m) | 0.24% | 23.96× | Reported |
| 2010-02-27 | (m) | $49.69B | $118.00M | $2.23B | $94.00M | (m) | 0.24% | 23.78× | Reported |
| 2009-11-28 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-08-29 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-05-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-02-28 | (m) | $45.02B | $110.00M | $1.87B | $94.00M | (m) | 0.24% | 19.89× | Reported |
| 2008-11-29 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-08-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-03-01 | (m) | $40.02B | $105.00M | $2.16B | $62.00M | (m) | 0.26% | 34.85× | Reported |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.