Best Buy vs Upbound Group
Best Buy reported revenue of $41.7 billion in fiscal 2026, 8.9 times Upbound Group's $4.7 billion in fiscal 2025. Best Buy's revenue grew 0.4% in its latest year, and Upbound Group's grew 8.7%. Best Buy had an operating margin of 3.3%, against 4.8% at Upbound Group. Free cash flow was $1.3 billion at Best Buy and $239 million at Upbound Group. Their fiscal years end in different months (January 31 and December 31), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Best Buy | Upbound Group | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2026, Jan 31, 2026 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $41.7B | $4.7B |
| Revenue growth | 0.4% | 8.7% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | −2.5% | 10.8% |
| Gross margin | 22.5% | 48.4% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 4.8% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 1.6% |
| Free cash flow | $1.3B | $239M |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.0% | 5.1% |
| Return on capital | 43.9% | — |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.2x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.1B | $88M |
| Change in diluted share count | −2.1% | 4.8% |
| Last close | $97.95 | $16.99 |
| P/E at the last close | 16.3× | 11.0× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $222.9 million | bought $135,548, sold $188,500 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 of 9 | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Best Buy and Upbound Group pages.