Best Buy beats on top and bottom lines as retailer aims to reinvigorate sales

A person walks outside a Best Buy store on May 29, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Best Buy on Thursday reported first fiscal-quarter results that beat expectations on the top and bottom lines as the electronics retailer tries to break out of a sales slump. The company said revenue climbed slightly, driven by comparable sales growth of 2%. It reaffirmed its full-year guidance of revenue between $41.2 billion and $42.1 billion, in addition to adjusted earnings per share of $6.30 to $6.60. It expects comparable sales in the range of a decline of 1% to an increase of 1%. The company said its biggest growth drivers in the quarter were gaming, computing, mobile phones and services, which were partially offset by a decline in sales of appliances. "Our comparable sales grew 2% versus last year, higher than our outlook, with positive comps across the majority of our major product categories and strong performance in our Best Buy Ads and Marketplace initiatives," CEO Corie Barry said in a release. "We also drove operating income rate expansion and EPS growth." More retailers including Walmart and Target have leaned into advertising and third-party marketplace businesses, which offer sales growth with higher profit margins than their traditional merchandise does. Here's how Best Buy performed in its first fiscal quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting, according to a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.28 adjusted vs. …