Best Buy Reports First Quarter Results

Comparable Sales Declined 6.1%

GAAP Diluted EPS Increased 2% to $1.13

Non-GAAP Diluted EPS Increased 4% to $1.20

FY25 Non-GAAP Diluted EPS Guidance Range of $5.75 to $6.20 Unchanged

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) today announced results for the 13-week first quarter ended May 4, 2024 (“Q1 FY25”), as compared to the 13-week first quarter ended April 29, 2023 (“Q1 FY24”).

For GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliations of the measures referred to in the above table, please refer to the attached supporting schedule.

“Today we are reporting better-than-expected Q1 profitability,” said Corie Barry, Best Buy CEO. “Through strong execution, we continued to manage our profitability while at the same time preparing for future growth. We made progress on our FY25 priorities, grew our paid membership base and drove improvements in our customer experiences.”

Barry continued, “The mix of macro factors continued to create a challenging sales environment for our category during the quarter and our sales were slightly softer than our expectations. We will continue to navigate the environment while remaining focused and energized about our purpose to Enrich Lives through Technology. There is exciting new innovation ahead and we intend to strengthen our position in key categories like computing, home theater and major appliances through our differentiated experiences, pointed marketing spend and competitive pricing.”

FY25 Financial Guidance

“As we look to the rest of the year, we continue to expect sequential improvement in our comparable sales performance, however, we believe we are trending towards the midpoint of our annual comparable sales guidance,” said Matt Bilunas, Best Buy CFO. “Even at the midpoint of the comparable sales guidance, we expect to deliver profitability at the high end of our non-GAAP operating income rate guidance due to a higher gross profit rate in our membership and services offerings.”

Bilunas continued, “For Q2 FY25, we expect comparable sales to decline by approximately 3% and our non-GAAP operating income rate to be approximately 3.5%.”

Best Buy’s guidance for FY25 is the following:

• Revenue of $41.3 billion to $42.6 billion
• Comparable sales¹ of (3.0%) to 0.0%
• Enterprise non-GAAP operating income rate² of 3.9% to 4.1%
• Non-GAAP effective income tax rate² of approximately 25.0%
• Non-GAAP diluted EPS² of $5.75 to $6.20
• Capital expenditures of approximately $750 million

Note: FY25 has 52 weeks compared to 53 weeks in FY24. The company estimates the impact of the extra week in Q4 FY24 added approximately $735 million in revenue, approximately 15 basis points of non-GAAP operating income rate and approximately $0.30 of non-GAAP diluted EPS to the full-year results.

Domestic Segment Q1 FY25 Results

Domestic Revenue

Domestic revenue of $8.20 billion decreased 6.8% versus last year primarily driven by a comparable sales decline of 6.3%.

From a merchandising perspective, the largest drivers of the comparable sales decline on a weighted basis were appliances, home theater, gaming and mobile phones. These drivers were partially offset by growth in the services and laptop categories.

Domestic online revenue of $2.52 billion decreased 6.1% on a comparable basis, and as a percentage of total Domestic revenue, online revenue was 30.8% versus 30.5% last year.

Domestic Gross Profit Rate

Domestic gross profit rate was 23.4% versus 22.6% last year. The higher gross profit rate was primarily due to improved financial performance from the company’s services category, including its membership offerings, which was partially offset by lower product margin rates and lower profit-sharing revenue from the company’s private label and co-branded credit card arrangement.

Domestic Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (“SG&A”)

Domestic GAAP SG&A expenses were $1.60 billion, or 19.5% of revenue, versus $1.71 billion, or 19.4% of revenue, last year. On a non-GAAP basis, SG&A expenses were $1.59 billion, or 19.4% of revenue, versus $1.69 billion, or 19.2% of revenue, last year. Both GAAP and non-GAAP SG&A decreased due to: (1) lower employee compensation expense, which was primarily store payroll; (2) reduced vehicle rental costs; and (3) lower expenses across multiple other areas. These decreases were partially offset by higher technology expense.

International Segment Q1 FY25 Results

International Revenue

International revenue of $644 million decreased 3.3% versus last year driven by a comparable sales decline of 3.3%.

International Gross Profit Rate

International gross profit rate was 22.8% versus 23.7% last year. The lower gross profit rate was primarily due to lower product margin rates.

International SG&A

International SG&A expenses were $139 million, or 21.6% of revenue, versus $138 million, or 20.7% of revenue, last year.

Restructuring Charges

The company incurred $15 million of restructuring charges in Q1 FY25, primarily related to employee termination benefits associated with an enterprise-wide restructuring initiative that commenced in Q4 FY24. The company does not expect to incur material future restructuring charges related to this initiative. Consistent with prior practice, restructuring charges are excluded from the company’s non-GAAP results.

Share Repurchases and Dividends

In Q1 FY25, the company returned a total of $252 million to shareholders through dividends of $202 million and share repurchases of $50 million.

Today, the company announced its board of directors has authorized the payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.94 per common share. The quarterly dividend is payable on July 11, 2024, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 20, 2024.

Conference Call

Best Buy is scheduled to conduct an earnings conference call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (7:00 a.m. Central Time) on May 30, 2024. A webcast of the call is expected to be available at www.investors.bestbuy.com, both live and after the call.

Notes:

(1) The method of calculating comparable sales varies across the retail industry. As a result, our method of calculating comparable sales may not be the same as other retailers’ methods. For additional information on comparable sales, please see our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and available at www.investors.bestbuy.com.

(2) A reconciliation of the projected non-GAAP operating income rate, non-GAAP effective income tax rate, and non-GAAP diluted EPS, which are forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures, to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, is not provided because the company is unable to provide such reconciliation without unreasonable effort. The inability to provide a reconciliation is due to the uncertainty and inherent difficulty predicting the occurrence, the financial impact and the periods in which the non-GAAP adjustments may be recognized. These GAAP measures may include the impact of such items as restructuring charges; price-fixing settlements; goodwill and intangible asset impairments; gains and losses on sales of subsidiaries and certain investments; intangible asset amortization; certain acquisition-related costs; and the tax effect of all such items. Historically, the company has excluded these items from non-GAAP financial measures. The company currently expects to continue to exclude these items in future disclosures of non-GAAP financial measures and may also exclude other items that may arise (collectively, “non-GAAP adjustments”). The decisions and events that typically lead to the recognition of non-GAAP adjustments, such as a decision to exit part of the business or reaching settlement of a legal dispute, are inherently unpredictable as to if or when they may occur. For the same reasons, the company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements:

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