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BBY

★★☆☆☆ Passmistral

Best Buy Co., Inc.

Consumer Cyclical

Session move

$87.27

+$1.83+2.14%

Vol 0.87× avg

68/100 quant · tgt $82.35

ADV$ 275.2M

pushed 2026-08-19T11:28 · Pre-market · Pushed snapshot

Since last scan

2026-08-18 → 2026-08-19

Score+3.2Price+$1.83 · +2.14%News1 todayDisclosure-12.0
  • Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) Screens Well on Dividend Quality for Income Investors

Context only — not a buy/sell signal. Built from scan history and cached news/filings.

Snapshot quote

session 2026-08-18 · scan 2026-08-19 · pushed 2026-08-19T11:28 · Pre-market

Show quote fundamentals
Last (scan/close)
$87.27
Previous close
$85.44
Pushed last
$87.27 · Pre-market
Session open
$86.40
Last session range
$86.03 – $88.01
52-week range
$79.00 – $91.27
Session volume
2,809,756
Avg volume (20d)
3,226,774
Market cap
$18.39B
PE (TTM)
15.81
Forward PE
12.35
Dividend yield
4.46%
1y target est.
$82.35
Next earnings
2026-08-27

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AI Analysis

  • Bull Thesis — Best Buy's 37.9% EPS growth and 36.6% earnings surprise rate reflect strong execution in a recovering consumer electronics market, while its 15.8x trailing P/E offers value relative to peers.
  • Risks — High debt-to-equity ratio (134.09) and minimal free cash flow margin (2.7%) limit financial flexibility amid potential economic downturns.
  • Target Upside — Despite a target mean price of $82.35, the stock trades at a 5.6% discount to consensus, suggesting limited upside without near-term execution improvements.

Score History

2026-07-3067.7 pts · 2026-08-19

15 days of scans. Daily batch adds the next weekday automatically while the API is running.

  • DatePriceChgScoreRating
  • 2026-08-19$87.27+1.8367.7Pass
  • 2026-08-18$85.44-0.9864.5Pass
  • 2026-08-17$86.42+1.0764.4Pass
  • 2026-08-14$85.35-0.1864.4Pass
  • 2026-08-13$85.53+2.2564.6Pass
  • 2026-08-12$83.28+0.8564.9Pass
  • 2026-08-11$82.43+0.4364.9Pass
  • 2026-08-10$82.00+1.9864.9Pass
  • 2026-08-07$80.02-4.4865.0Pass
  • 2026-08-06$84.50-1.8564.9Pass
  • 2026-08-05$86.35+1.1064.9Pass
  • 2026-08-03$85.25-1.0164.9Pass
  • 2026-08-01$86.26-0.1764.9Pass
  • 2026-07-31$86.43-1.3964.9Pass
  • 2026-07-30$87.82—64.9Pass

Quant Breakdown

Revenue Growth
0.8
EPS Growth
15.2
ROE
12.0
PER Relative
9.8
Debt / Equity
3.5
FCF Margin
1.5
Analyst Upside
0.0
Insider / Sector
5.0
Momentum 3M
12.0
Earn. Surprise
8.0

Short volume (FINRA)

Off-exchange short sale volume ratio vs recent sessions — not a squeeze forecast.

Elevated vs 20das of 2026-08-18 · finra_cnms
Short / total
70.5%
vs 20d (z)
2.41
Short vol
1,030,616
Status
ok

Squeeze pressure score

full

51/100

Short leg
61
Call leg
50
Activity
1.3
Call vol share
49.1%
PCR (vol)
1.04
Call OI share
46.1%
ATM IV
40.0%

FINRA off-exchange short volume (TRF/ADF consolidated). Not short interest as % of float. Squeeze pressure score (0–100) — free composite of off-exchange short volume and (when available) call-side options activity. Not a probability that a squeeze will occur.

Disclosure score

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Earnings surprise (quant context)

From Yahoo/public fundamentals cached on the last quant scan — not part of the disclosure event score, and not a buy signal. Figure can lag the latest print.

Last reported surprise +0.4%

Filings & events

Recent SEC disclosures and earnings dates — context only, not a trade signal.

as of 2026-08-03·sec_edgar·CIK 0000764478
Next earnings
2026-08-27yahoo_calendar
Last earnings
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SEC filings as reported; earnings dates may come from Yahoo calendar. Context only — not investment advice and not a prediction that price will move on a filing or event.