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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) pays a $3.82 annual dividend ($0.96 quarterly), yielding 4.23% at $90.27/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-09-17. 8 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 4.23%
Annual Dividend: $3.82 per share
Payout Ratio: 63.1%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-09-17
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Years of Dividend History: 24
Best Buy Co., Inc. dividend income comes from one of North America's largest technology retailers, selling everything from laptops and home theater systems to appliances and Geek Squad services. The current yield sits at 4.23%, paid quarterly at $0.96 per share, with the next ex-dividend date on September 17, 2026. The trailing annual dividend rate is $3.82 per share. BBY's beta of 1.305 means the stock moves more than the broader market, so the yield comes with price volatility that income-focused investors should weigh carefully.
Best Buy Co., Inc. pays out 63.1% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as elevated (60–75%). That level is not alarming on its own, but it leaves a narrower cushion than lower-payout peers, especially for a Consumer Cyclical retailer whose revenue depends on discretionary spending on electronics and appliances. Best Buy Co., Inc. dividend safety faces its clearest pressure from that cyclicality: when consumers pull back on big-ticket purchases like refrigerators, notebooks, or home theater systems, earnings can compress quickly, and a 63.1% payout ratio has less room to absorb that compression without a dividend review.
Best Buy Co., Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 13.8% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.62 to $3.80 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest single-year jump was 98.6% in 2015, which skews the long-run average upward. More recently, growth has slowed sharply: from $3.52 in 2022 to $3.80 in 2025, the annual increases have been measured in cents, not dollars. For income investors focused on purchasing power, that deceleration matters as much as the headline CAGR.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +2.6% | $3.52 (2022) | $3.80 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +11.6% | $2.20 (2020) | $3.80 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +10.3% | $1.43 (2015) | $3.80 (2025) |
BBY stock fits dividend investors who want a high current yield from a well-known consumer technology retailer and can tolerate meaningful price swings. The yield of 4.23% is classified as high (above 4%), and it sits above the 5-year average of 3.89%, which reflects recent price weakness rather than a dividend acceleration. Growth over the long run has been strong at 13.8% annually, but the pace has slowed to incremental increases in recent years. The trade-off is clear: investors get an above-average yield backed by a 63.1% payout ratio in a sector sensitive to consumer spending cycles, with a beta of 1.305 adding equity volatility on top of that income.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | $0.9600 |
| 2026-06-18 | $0.9600 |
| 2026-03-24 | $0.9600 |
| 2025-12-16 | $0.9500 |
| 2025-09-18 | $0.9500 |
| 2025-06-18 | $0.9500 |
| 2025-03-25 | $0.9500 |
| 2024-12-17 | $0.9400 |
| 2024-09-19 | $0.9400 |
| 2024-06-20 | $0.9400 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.8800 |
| 2025 | $3.8000 |
| 2024 | $3.7600 |
| 2023 | $3.6800 |
| 2022 | $3.5200 |
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