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Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY)

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Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data

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Best Buy Co. Inc., consolidated balance sheet: assets (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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Oct 29, 2022 Jul 30, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 29, 2022 Oct 30, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 May 1, 2021 Jan 30, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Aug 1, 2020 May 2, 2020 Feb 1, 2020 Nov 2, 2019 Aug 3, 2019 May 4, 2019 Feb 2, 2019 Nov 3, 2018 Aug 4, 2018 May 5, 2018 Feb 3, 2018 Oct 28, 2017 Jul 29, 2017 Apr 29, 2017 Jan 28, 2017 Oct 29, 2016 Jul 30, 2016 Apr 30, 2016
Cash and cash equivalents 932 840 640 2,936 3,465 4,340 4,278 5,494 5,136 5,305 3,919 2,229 1,205 1,289 1,561 1,980 1,228 1,865 1,848 1,101 1,103 1,365 1,651 2,240 1,341 1,861 1,845
Short-term investments — — — — — — 60 — 545 — — — — 320 — — 76 465 785 2,032 2,237 2,125 1,948 1,681 1,777 1,590 1,220
Receivables, net 1,050 840 804 1,042 1,016 883 850 1,061 1,028 906 749 1,149 1,056 966 833 1,015 921 915 860 1,049 971 965 1,011 1,347 1,174 926 1,097
Merchandise inventories 7,294 6,043 6,258 5,965 8,553 6,417 5,721 5,612 7,459 4,136 3,993 5,174 7,569 5,208 5,195 5,409 8,168 5,016 4,964 5,209 6,663 5,167 4,637 4,864 6,331 4,908 4,719
Other current assets 646 621 613 596 486 400 359 373 383 336 335 305 345 409 425 466 508 510 473 438 431 456 409 384 398 409 401
Current assets 9,922 8,344 8,315 10,539 13,520 12,040 11,268 12,540 14,551 10,683 8,996 8,857 10,175 8,192 8,014 8,870 10,901 8,771 8,930 9,829 11,405 10,078 9,656 10,516 11,021 9,694 9,282
Property and equipment, net 2,373 2,319 2,251 2,250 2,256 2,226 2,233 2,260 2,265 2,277 2,291 2,328 2,359 2,361 2,334 2,510 2,525 2,432 2,385 2,421 2,352 2,327 2,287 2,293 2,298 2,295 2,332
Operating lease assets 2,799 2,796 2,704 2,654 2,688 2,670 2,563 2,612 2,692 2,770 2,631 2,709 2,751 2,774 2,708 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Goodwill 1,383 1,385 1,385 1,384 986 986 986 986 986 986 986 984 982 965 915 915 921 425 425 425 425 425 425 425 425 425 425
Other assets 544 575 596 677 652 657 655 669 708 696 701 713 659 686 579 606 653 365 342 374 603 614 587 622 798 840 831
Non-current assets held for sale — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 31
Non-current assets 7,099 7,075 6,936 6,965 6,582 6,539 6,437 6,527 6,651 6,729 6,609 6,734 6,751 6,786 6,536 4,031 4,099 3,222 3,152 3,220 3,380 3,366 3,299 3,340 3,521 3,560 3,619
Total assets 17,021 15,419 15,251 17,504 20,102 18,579 17,705 19,067 21,202 17,412 15,605 15,591 16,926 14,978 14,550 12,901 15,000 11,993 12,082 13,049 14,785 13,444 12,955 13,856 14,542 13,254 12,901

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-05-05), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-04-30).


The asset profile of the company demonstrates a general expansion in total assets from 2016 through 2021, reaching a peak of 21.2 billion USD in October 2020 before retreating to 17.0 billion USD by October 2022. This trajectory is characterized by significant shifts in liquidity management and structural changes in how non-current assets are recorded.

Liquidity and Cash Position
A substantial surge in liquidity is observed beginning in early 2020, with cash and cash equivalents rising from 2.2 billion USD in February 2020 to a peak of 5.5 billion USD in January 2021. This period of high liquidity was followed by a precipitous decline, with cash levels dropping to 640 million USD by April 2022. Concurrently, short-term investments, which were frequently maintained between 1.2 billion USD and 2.2 billion USD from 2016 to 2018, became largely negligible after November 2018.
Inventory Dynamics and Seasonality
Merchandise inventories exhibit a consistent and pronounced seasonal pattern, with values peaking every fourth quarter. The scale of these peaks increased over the observed period, rising from 6.3 billion USD in October 2016 to 8.6 billion USD in October 2021. Despite this seasonality, a baseline level of inventory is maintained, generally fluctuating between 4 billion USD and 6 billion USD during non-peak quarters.
Structural Shifts in Non-Current Assets
A significant accounting shift occurred in May 2019 with the introduction of operating lease assets, which added approximately 2.7 billion USD to the balance sheet and remained relatively stable through October 2022. While net property and equipment remained remarkably constant near 2.3 billion USD throughout the entire period, goodwill showed a step-wise increase, rising from 425 million USD in 2017 to 921 million USD in November 2018, and finally to 1.4 billion USD by January 2022, suggesting strategic acquisitions.
Current Asset Composition
Current assets are primarily driven by the volatility of cash and the seasonality of inventory. The highest concentration of current assets occurred in October 2020 at 14.6 billion USD, driven by the simultaneous peak of cash reserves and quarterly inventory builds. By October 2022, current assets had normalized to 9.9 billion USD, reflecting a reduced cash position despite sustained inventory levels.

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