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Analyst Report: Best Buy Co. Inc.

Business

Argus

Dec 12, 2025

Best Buy Co., Inc.: Raising FY25 and FY26 estimates

Sector(s)

Consumer Cyclical

Summary

Best Buy Co. is a leading retailer of consumer electronics, with FY25 sales of $41.5 billion. Approximately 8% of revenue is from international operations. The Minneapolis-based company ended 3Q26 with 926 stores in the U.S., which average a bit above 36,000 square feet. The International segment ended 3Q26 with 157 stores in Canada. Total square footage is about 39.5 million, down from 50 million in FY11. In the Domestic segment, Consumer Electronics generated about 28% of 3Q26 revenue; Computing and Mobile, 47%; E

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Analyst Profile

Chris Graja, CFA

Senior Analyst: Retail

Chris covers the Consumer sector for Argus. He was the #1 Stock Picker in the Household Durables sector, winning the 2019 StarMine U.S. Analyst award from Refinitiv. He was the #1 Stock Picker in Food and Staples Retailing, winning back-to-back U.S. Analyst Awards in 2015 and 2016. He received a prestigious Volunteer of the Year award from the New York Society of Security Analysts in 2000. Prior to Argus, Chris spent 16 years at Bloomberg Financial Markets. He was the Director of Training and a Senior Researcher for Bloomberg’s research division before joining the new Bloomberg magazine as Technical Studies Editor in 1993. He rose to Executive Markets Editor of the publishing group. Chris co-authored the book “Investing in Small-Cap Stocks,” which was published in three U.S. editions, an audio book, and two Chinese editions. Chris earned an MBA from Rutgers University. He is a CFA charterholder.