BBYBest Buy

Retail · US · Best Buy Co., Inc.

4 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index

out of 100 · 4/6 ratios · FY 2024

The full receipt

Latest published value for each ratio, with the sector median for context and year-over-year change where the prior year is available.

Markup →
How much revenue per dollar of cost.
1.2901× revenue / costverified
$1 of cost becomes $1.29 of revenue
Sector median: 1.5415Bottom 7% for extraction in sector
FY 2024v1.0.0
Operational Markup →
Revenue per dollar of cost + operating expenses. The multiplier after legitimate operations.
Not computed: missing input.
Needed but not in this company's XBRL filings: Operating Expenses.
What this company did disclose: Stock Buybacks, Cost of Goods Sold, Dividends Paid, Net Income, Revenue
Labor Share →
How much of every revenue dollar reaches workers.
0.0662of revenue → workersapprox.verified
7¢ of every $1 of revenue reaches workers
Sector median: 0.1037Median range for extraction in sector
FY 2024v1.0.0
Executive Extraction →
How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.
518.6× CEO / median workerverified
CEO earns 519× the median worker
Sector median: 745.0Median range for extraction in sector
FY 2024v1.0.0
Shareholder Extraction →
Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.
Not applicable to this sector.
Companies in Retail typically don't report R&D — their growth investment goes to capex, not research expense.
See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Shareholder Extraction doesn't apply.
Capital Extraction →
How much of net profit goes to shareholders rather than back into the business.
1.7074× buybacks+dividends / net incomeverified
171% of net profit returned to shareholders — funded beyond current-year earnings
Sector median: 0.9729Top 15% for extraction in sector
FY 2024v1.0.0