Best Buy reported first-half results that exceeded expectations and raised its full fiscal-year outlook on Thursday. Despite the positive financial performance and improved guidance, the company's stock price declined.
Best Buy's raised guidance signals management confidence in sustained demand, but the stock's decline suggests investor concerns about valuation or forward-looking risks.
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The chart totals every SEC-reported transaction by month and share count, separating informative purchases and sales from non-informative awards, vesting, exercises, tax withholding and transfers. Records without a reported price remain included. Only informative purchases and sales affect the conservative sentiment signal.
Recent SEC-reported share and derivative transactions in BEST BUY CO INC.
0 discretionary purchases · 2 discretionary sales
Confidence: Medium
| Insiders | Activity | Description | Shares | Avg. price / share | Est. value | Trade date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEVP, CHROScarlett Kathleen | Informative sell | Common StockOpen-market or private transaction (S) | 27,952 | $92.4105 | $2,583,058 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| SEVP, CHROScarlett Kathleen | Informative sell | Common StockOpen-market or private transaction (S) | 88,110 | $92.0702 | $8,112,305 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| SEVP, CHROScarlett Kathleen | Non-informative buy | Common StockExercise or conversion; not an open-market trade (M) | 96,166 | — | — | Sep 23, 2026 |
| SEVP, CHROScarlett Kathleen | Non-informative buy | Common StockCompany grant or award (A) | 32,311 | — | — | Sep 20, 2026 |
| Chairman EmeritusSCHULZE RICHARD M | Informative sell | Common StockOpen-market or private transaction (S) | 52,660 | $92.8994 | $4,892,082 | Sep 16, 2026 |
As filed with the SEC. Estimated value is shown only for purchases or sales with a positive reported transaction price; awards, gifts and similar activity are not assigned an assumed market value. Amendments may change the record. This is not investment advice.
Quarterly reported positions. These filings can arrive up to 45 days after quarter-end and are not real-time trades.
Institutional ownership: 105.34%
Open short positions reported twice monthly; this is not daily short-sale volume.
Recent reported earnings per share compared with the analyst consensus available from Nasdaq.
| Owner | Activity | Change | Shares held | Value (thousands) | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock, Inc. | Buy | 60,220 (0.237%) | 25,471,955 | $2,542,865 | 6/30/2026 |
| Vanguard Group Inc | Buy | 307,905 (1.286%) | 24,255,320 | $2,421,409 | 12/31/2025 |
| State Street Corp | Buy | 837,702 (6.367%) | 13,994,381 | $1,397,059 | 6/30/2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management Llc | Buy | 142,801 (1.117%) | 12,927,360 | $1,290,538 | 6/30/2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management Llc | Sell | -550,744 (-5.637%) | 9,219,818 | $920,414 | 6/30/2026 |
| Geode Capital Management, Llc | Buy | 289,382 (3.762%) | 7,981,481 | $796,791 | 6/30/2026 |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | Buy | 705,898 (11.446%) | 6,873,191 | $686,151 | 6/30/2026 |
| Invesco Ltd. | Sell | -421,520 (-7.668%) | 5,075,482 | $506,685 | 6/30/2026 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & Co | Sell | -291,591 (-5.687%) | 4,835,542 | $482,732 | 6/30/2026 |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | Buy | 311,667 (7.586%) | 4,419,895 | $441,238 | 6/30/2026 |
| Aqr Capital Management Llc | Sell | -2,340,539 (-38.08%) | 3,805,827 | $379,936 | 6/30/2026 |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | Sell | -438,162 (-10.568%) | 3,707,880 | $370,158 | 6/30/2026 |
Source: Nasdaq
| Settlement date | Short interest | Avg. daily volume | Change vs. previous report | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 14,868,600 | 3,347,637 | -7.01% | 4.44 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 15,989,821 | 4,031,661 | +7.54% | 3.97 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 14,868,267 | 4,422,077 | +5.76% | 3.36 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 14,058,498 | 3,366,520 | -11.65% | 4.18 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 15,912,204 | 2,994,262 | -12.54% | 5.31 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 18,194,374 | 3,922,498 | -0.16% | 4.64 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18,223,534 | 4,191,321 | -1.50% | 4.35 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 18,500,157 | 4,247,483 | -2.77% | 4.36 |
Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest
| Fiscal quarter | Reported | EPS | Consensus | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 | 1.47 | 1.37 | +7.3% |
| Apr 2026 | May 28, 2026 | 1.28 | 1.22 | +4.92% |
| Jan 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | 2.61 | 2.48 | +5.24% |
| Oct 2025 | Nov 25, 2025 | 1.40 | 1.31 | +6.87% |
Source: Nasdaq
