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Best Buy Co (BSP:BBYY34) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 25.63 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Best Buy Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-30), Best Buy Co's share price is R$383.00. Best Buy Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was R$14.95. Hence, Best Buy Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 25.63.

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

BSP:BBYY34' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.2   Med: 11.86   Max: 30.06
Current: 23.89

During the past 13 years, Best Buy Co's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 30.06. The lowest was 5.20. And the median was 11.86.

BSP:BBYY34's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
73.01% of 741 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 11.89 vs BSP:BBYY34: 23.89

Best Buy Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was R$22.63. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was R$14.95.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Best Buy Co was -22.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -42.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -13.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, Best Buy Co's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 72.90% per year. The lowest was -69.40% per year. And the median was 9.60% per year.


Best Buy Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Best Buy Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.

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Best Buy Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Best Buy Co Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.46 6.79 9.84 22.40 23.47

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
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 22.40 8.54 10.12 10.81 23.47

Competitive Comparison of Best Buy Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Best Buy Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

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



Best Buy Co Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Best Buy Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=383.00/14.946
=25.63

Best Buy Co's Share Price of today is R$383.00.
Best Buy Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was R$14.95.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Best Buy Co  (BSP:BBYY34) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Best Buy Co (BSP:BBYY34) 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.

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