BBY

Best Buy
Computer & Electronics Retail · Consumer Discretionary · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$87.39
-0.7% on the session
1-year return
+20.3%
+39.4% over six months
Volatility
38.6%
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 +20.3%, against +12.2% over three months and +0.9% over one. It trades 22.3% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 38.6% 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 $273M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.24 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Discretionary#5 of 47
Stronger than 91% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#84 of 496

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-0.7%
1 week-2.8%
1 month+0.9%
3 months+12.2%
6 months+39.4%
1 year+20.3%
12-1 momentum+19.1%
Volatility (1y, annualized)38.6%
Max drawdown (1y)-32.0%
Distance vs 200-day average+22.3%
Return per unit of risk0.52
Median daily dollar volume$273M
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