Best Buy (BBY Quick QuoteBBY - Free Report) reported $8.94 billion in revenue for the quarter ended April 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.9%. EPS of $1.28 for the same period compares to $1.15 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.44% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8.81 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.22, the EPS surprise was +5%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Best Buy performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Comparable store sales - Enterprise - YoY change: 2% compared to the 0.9% average estimate based on eight analysts.
• Comparable store sales - Domestic - YoY change: 1.8% compared to the 1% average estimate based on six analysts.
• Comparable store sales - International - YoY change: 4.7% versus 1.1% estimated by six analysts on average.
• Number of stores - Total: 1,065 versus 1,068 estimated by four analysts on average.
• Number of stores - Domestic - Pacific Sales: 20 compared to the 20 average estimate based on three analysts.
• Number of stores - International - Canada Best Buy Stores: 129 compared to the 130 average estimate based on three analysts.
• Number of stores - International - Canada Best Buy Mobile Stand-Alone Stores: 12 versus 12 estimated by three analysts on average.
• Number of stores - Domestic - Best Buy: 884 versus 886 estimated by three analysts on average.
• Number of stores - Domestic - Total: 924 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 926.
• Number of stores - International - Total: 141 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 142.
• Geographic Revenue- International: $687 million versus $637.47 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.3% change.
• Geographic Revenue- Domestic: $8.25 billion versus $8.17 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.5% change.

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Shares of Best Buy have returned +9.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.