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Retail · US · Best Buy Co., Inc.

4 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index
46
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

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Source data

Every raw line item this company disclosed in its XBRL filings. Click any filing to view the original on SEC.gov.

FY 2025· 3 facts
ConceptValueUnitPeriodFilingReceipt
CEO Total Compensation
CEOTotalCompensation
16,150,300USDFY0001140361-25-016935verified
Median Employee Compensation
MedianEmployeeCompensation
31,141USDFY0001140361-25-016935verified
Total Employee Count
TotalEmployees
84,615employeesFY0001140361-25-016935verified
FY 2024· 5 facts
ConceptValueUnitPeriodFilingReceipt
Cost of Goods Sold
CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
40,121,000,000USDFY0000764478-24-000010verified
Dividends Paid
PaymentsOfDividends
688,000,000USDFY0000764478-24-000010verified
Net Income
NetIncomeLoss
2,454,000,000USDFY0000764478-24-000010verified
Revenue
Revenues
51,761,000,000USDFY0000764478-24-000010verified
Stock Buybacks
PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
3,502,000,000USDFY0000764478-24-000010verified