BBY

Best Buy
Computer & Electronics Retail · Consumer Discretionary · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$89.21
+2.2% on the session
1-year return
+31.2%
+37.2% over six months
Volatility
37.7%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-32.0%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Best Buy is a computer & electronics retail name in the consumer discretionary sector. Over the past year it returned +31.2%, against +52.5% over three months and +4.7% over one. It trades 28.0% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 37.7% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -32.0%, and it has traded a median $280M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.25 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Discretionary#2 of 47
Stronger than 98% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#19 of 500

How BBY scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 0 others in Computer & Electronics Retail.

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Full metrics
1 day+2.2%
1 week+7.5%
1 month+4.7%
3 months+52.5%
6 months+37.2%
1 year+31.2%
12-1 momentum+25.3%
Volatility (1y, annualized)37.7%
Max drawdown (1y)-32.0%
Distance vs 200-day average+28.0%
Return per unit of risk0.83
Median daily dollar volume$280M
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