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Best Buy Co (Best Buy Co) Cash-to-Debt : 0.36 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Best Buy Co Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Best Buy Co's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.36.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Best Buy Co couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024.

The historical rank and industry rank for Best Buy Co's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

BBY' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.36   Med: 1.4   Max: 2.87
Current: 0.36

During the past 13 years, Best Buy Co's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 2.87. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 1.40.

BBY's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
55.2% of 1105 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.47 vs BBY: 0.36

Best Buy Co Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Best Buy Co's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Best Buy Co Cash-to-Debt Chart

Best Buy Co Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cash-to-Debt
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.56 1.38 0.75 0.47 0.36

Best Buy Co Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Cash-to-Debt Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.47 0.26 0.27 0.16 0.36

Competitive Comparison of Best Buy Co's Cash-to-Debt

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Best Buy Co's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Best Buy Co's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Best Buy Co's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Best Buy Co's Cash-to-Debt falls into.



Best Buy Co Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Best Buy Co's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Best Buy Co's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Best Buy Co  (NYSE:BBY) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.


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Best Buy Co (Best Buy Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7601 Penn Avenue South, Richfield, MN, USA, 55423
With $46.3 billion in consolidated fiscal 2023 sales, Best Buy is the largest pure-play consumer electronics retailer in the U.S., boasting roughly 8.5% share of the U.S. market and north of 35% share of offline sales, per our calculations, CTA, and Euromonitor data. The firm generates the bulk of its sales in-store, with mobile phones and tablets, computers, and appliances representing its three largest categories. Recent investments in e-commerce fulfillment, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, have seen the U.S. e-commerce channel roughly double from prepandemic levels, with management estimating that it will represent a mid-30% proportion of sales moving forward.
Executives
Richard M Schulze 10 percent owner BEST BUY CO INC, 7075 FLYING CLOUD DRIVE, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344
Todd G. Hartman officer: GC, Chief Risk/Comp Officer 7601 PENN AVENUE SOUTH, RICHFIELD MN 55423
David C Kimbell director 8410 W. BRYN MAWR, CHICAGO IL 60631
Kathleen Scarlett officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 7601 PENN AVE S, RICHFIELD MN 55423
Jason J Bonfig officer: Chief Merchandising Officer 7601 PENN AVENUE SOUTH, RICHFIELD MN 55423
Matthew M Bilunas officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BEST BUY CO., INC., 7601 PENN AVENUE SOUTH, RICHFIELD MN 55423
Barry Corie S officer: CFO 7601 PENN AVE S., RICHFIELD MN 55423
Mathew Watson officer: VP, Finance - Contr. & CAO 7601 PENN AVENUE SOUTH, RICHFIELD MN 55423
Damien Harmon officer: Pres., Omnichannel Ops & Serv 7601 PENN AVENUE SOUTH, RICHFIELD MN 55423
Sima Sistani director 675 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10010
Melinda D Whittington director THREE LAKES DRIVE, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Deborah Disanzo officer: President, Best Buy Health 7601 PENN AVENUE SOUTH, RICHFIELD MN 55423
Allison Peterson officer: Chief Customer Officer 7601 PENN AVENUE SOUTH, RICHFIELD MN 55423
Brian A Tilzer officer: Chief Digital & Tech Officer CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Mark A Irvin officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer 7601 PENN AVENUE, RICHFIELD MN 55423

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