Best Buy dividend history

Best Buy's dividend was $3.80 a share in fiscal 2026, up 1.1% on the year before. That was 74.9% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2018.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2027 Q2 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $144M
Dividends (TTM): $803M
Returned to shareholders: 54%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $1.1B
Diluted share count: −1.1%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 4.7%; dividends 4.0% + buybacks 0.7% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 63%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 18.3%; of revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Best Buy: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2010Feb 2009	2011Feb 2010	2012Jan 2012	2013Feb 2013	2014Feb 2014	2015Jan 2015	2016Jan 2016	2017Jan 2017	2018Feb 2018	2019Feb 2019	2020Feb 2020	2021Jan 2021	2022Jan 2022	2023Jan 2023	2024Feb 2024	2025Feb 2025	2026Jan 2026	LTMAug 2026
Dividend per share	$0.540	$0.560	—	$0.660	$0.680	$0.720	$1.43	$1.57	$1.36	$1.80	$2.00	$2.20	$2.80	$3.52	$3.68	$3.76	$3.80	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+3.7%	—	—	+3.0%	+5.9%	+98.6%	+9.8%	−13.4%	+32.4%	+11.1%	+10.0%	+27.3%	+25.7%	+4.5%	+2.2%	+1.1%	—
Dividends paid	223	234	228	224	233	251	499	505	409	497	527	568	688	789	801	807	801	803
Share buybacks	—	0	1,368	122	0	0	1,000	698	2,004	1,505	1,003	312	3,502	1,014	340	500	273	144
Dividends ÷ net income	22.2%	17.8%	—	—	43.8%	20.4%	55.6%	41.1%	40.9%	33.9%	34.2%	31.6%	28.0%	55.6%	64.5%	87.1%	74.9%	63.1%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	38.9%	14.7%	9.5%	29.9%	42.6%	18.3%	71.9%	25.5%	28.1%	31.3%	28.9%	13.5%	27.4%	88.3%	118.7%	58.0%	63.7%	45.4%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Best Buy's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Best Buy.