Quick Ratio

Best Buy’s quick ratio of 0.34x means the company has only $0.34 in highly liquid assets—cash, marketable securities, and receivables—for every $1 of short-term liabilities, signaling tight liquidity.

This is well below the sector median of 0.75x, and the firm ranks in the 16th percentile among Consumer Cyclical peers, indicating most competitors hold a stronger cash position. The trend data is not available: both the year-over-year change and quarter-over-quarter change are listed as N/A, and no previous eight-quarter values were provided. Without a trend, the extremely low quick ratio suggests a potential risk if short-term obligations came due quickly, but there is no evidence of recent deterioration or improvement. This metric, showing a weak liquidity level with an unknown direction, does not directly contradict the overall NEUTRAL verdict—it flags a risk factor that is offset by the lack of trend information, leaving the assessment balanced.

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