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Best Buy shares outstanding BBY

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2008.

Latest quarter, to Aug 1, 2026
212.7M
On a year earlier
+0.3%
more shares

Best Buy had 212.7M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY27, the quarter to Aug 1, 2026.

That is about the same as a year earlier.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2026210.3M−2%
FY2025214.8M−1%
FY2024216.8M−2%
FY2023222.1M−7%
FY2022238.5M−10%
FY2021264.5M−0%
FY2020265.1M−3%
FY2019274.2M−8%
FY2018297.4M−7%
FY2017319.6M−7%
FY2016342M−4%
FY2015356.9M+1%
FY2014354.5M+2%
FY2012347.4M−14%
FY2011403.9M−6%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY27212.7M+0%
Q1 FY27211.3M−1%
Q4 FY26210.3M−2%
Q3 FY26212.1M−2%
Q2 FY26212M−2%
Q1 FY26213M−2%
Q4 FY25214.8M−1%
Q3 FY25216.7M−1%
Q2 FY25217.1M−1%
Q1 FY25217.2M−1%
Q4 FY24216.8M−2%
Q3 FY24218.3M−3%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.