BBY Stock — Best Buy Co. Inc.

Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BBY is a Stock. its distribution rate is 4.15%, its trailing-12-month yield is 4.13%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 93/100 (Safe). Total return is 104566.7% over the past 41.5 years.

BBY performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 104566.7% over the past 41.5 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 24.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 32.0%.

BBY key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

93 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

3.86%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

04/18/1985

Distribution rate

4.15%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

4.13%

5-year average yield

4.35

Last close

$92.63 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$19,427,076,666

Average volume

3397131.0

Dividend

$0.96

Ex-dividend date

09/17/2026

Payment date

10/08/2026

Beta

1.282

Payout ratio

56.7%

P/E ratio

15.41

Forward P/E

13.587

EPS

$6.01

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (4.15%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (4.13%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BBY risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 32.0%.

Who may consider BBY — and who may not

BBY may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (BBY pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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