Company: BBY
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000764478-25-000040
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Company: BEST BUY CO INC
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
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 February 1, 2025, for further information regarding our interest rate swaps.

As of August 2, 2025, we had $1.7 billion of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and $0.5 billion of debt that has been swapped to floating rate, and therefore the net asset balance exposed to interest rate changes was $1.2 billion. As of August 2, 2025, a 50-basis point increase in short-term interest rates would have led to an estimated $6 million increase in interest income, and conversely a 50-basis point decrease in short-term interest rates would have led to an estimated $6 million decrease in interest income.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

We have market risk arising from changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to operations in our International segment. On a limited basis, we utilize foreign currency forward contracts to manage foreign currency exposure to certain forecasted inventory purchases, recognized receivable and payable balances and our investment in our Canadian operations. Our primary objective in holding derivatives is to reduce the volatility of net earnings and cash flows, as well as to reduce the volatility of net asset value associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Our foreign currency risk management strategy includes both hedging instruments and derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments. Refer to Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2025, for additional information regarding these instruments.

During the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2026, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations were primarily driven by the strength of the U.S. dollar against the Canadian dollar compared to the prior-year period. The estimated impact of foreign exchange rate fluctuations on our revenue was not significant in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 and had an unfavorable impact of $31 million in the first six months of fiscal 2026. The estimated impacts of foreign exchange rate fluctuations on our net earnings in the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2026 were not significant.

Item 4.    Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our