Company / CIK 0000764478
BEST BUY CO INC
- Ticker
- BBY
- Size, estimated from filings
- Large cap ($10B – $200B)
- Insiders on file
- 6
- Members of Congress who traded it
- 1
- Federal contracts on record
- none matched
- Lobbying filings on record
- 14
- SEC filings
- EDGAR ↗
- Latest trade on record
- September 23, 2026
BEST BUY CO INC (BBY) has 6 insiders on file who disclosed 25 transactions in the last 12 months (0 open-market buys, 15 sales, about $165.1M at reported prices), and 1 congressional trade in its stock is on record. No federal contract award that started in the last 180 days was found for a recipient with exactly this name, and 8 lobbying filings naming it as client report $760K in 2026.
BEST BUY CO INC in charts
Who is trading this stock
Which people account for the buying and selling over the last 12 months?
3 people account for the disclosed buying and selling in BEST BUY CO INC over the last 12 months; the most active is SCHULZE RICHARD M with $141M.
Lobbying spend by quarter
How much has BEST BUY CO INC reported spending on federal lobbying?
BEST BUY CO INC reported $1.3M in lobbying over the last eight quarters, from filings matched by exact company name.
Insiders
| Name | Role | Rows | Bought | Sold | Last filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlett Kathleen | Director | 5 | 0 | 2 | September 24, 2026 |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | Insider | 15 | 0 | 13 | September 18, 2026 |
| BRAMMAN ANNE L | Director | 2 | 0 | 0 | August 21, 2026 |
| Watson Mathew | SVP, Controller & CAO | 1 | 0 | 0 | July 22, 2026 |
| Hartman Todd G. | Chief Legal and Risk Officer | 1 | 0 | 0 | July 8, 2026 |
| Whittington Melinda D | President & CEO | 1 | 0 | 0 | June 29, 2026 |
Rows are this company's Form 4 rows for each person. "Bought" and "sold" count open-market purchases (code P) and sales only. More in insider buying and insider selling.
Members of Congress who traded BBY
From periodic transaction reports that name the company's stock. Amounts are the sums of the ranges as filed. Every row is on the BBY page.
| Member | Seat | Trades | Bought | Sold | Range as filed | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Armstrong | Senator (OK), Republican | 1 | 1 | 0 | $1,001–$15K | March 27, 2026 |
Insider transactions
| Filer | Security | Side | Trade date | Disclosed | Lag | Shares | Price | Value | Flags | Source | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlett Kathleen | BBY | Option / conversion M | September 23, 2026 | September 24, 2026 | 1d | 96,166 | $71 | $6.8M | derivative | Form 4 ↗ | |
| Scarlett Kathleen | BBY | Sell S | September 23, 2026 | September 24, 2026 | 1d | 88,110 | $92 | $8.1M | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| Scarlett Kathleen | BBY | Sell S | September 23, 2026 | September 24, 2026 | 1d | 27,952 | $92 | $2.6M | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| Scarlett Kathleen | BBY | Option / conversion M | September 23, 2026 | September 24, 2026 | 1d | 96,166 | $71 | $6.8M | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| Scarlett Kathleen | BBY | Other A | September 20, 2026 | September 21, 2026 | 1d | 32,311 | — | — | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Other G | September 16, 2026 | September 18, 2026 | 2d | 300,000 | — | — | indirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | September 16, 2026 | September 18, 2026 | 2d | 247,340 | $92 | $22.9M | indirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | September 16, 2026 | September 18, 2026 | 2d | 52,660 | $93 | $4.9M | indirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Other G | September 16, 2026 | September 18, 2026 | 2d | 300,000 | — | — | indirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| BRAMMAN ANNE L | BBY | Other A | August 20, 2026 | August 21, 2026 | 1d | 14,581 | — | — | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| BRAMMAN ANNE L | BBY | Other A | August 20, 2026 | August 21, 2026 | 1d | 18,955 | — | — | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| Watson Mathew | BBY | Other A | July 20, 2026 | July 22, 2026 | 2d | 5,874 | — | — | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | July 14, 2026 | July 15, 2026 | 1d | 107,534 | $83 | $8.9M | 10b5-1 planindirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | July 14, 2026 | July 15, 2026 | 1d | 88,288 | $82 | $7.2M | 10b5-1 planindirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | July 14, 2026 | July 15, 2026 | 1d | 62,072 | $81 | $5.0M | 10b5-1 planindirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | July 14, 2026 | July 15, 2026 | 1d | 42,106 | $84 | $3.5M | 10b5-1 planindirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | July 13, 2026 | July 15, 2026 | 2d | 336,006 | $83 | $27.7M | 10b5-1 planindirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | July 13, 2026 | July 15, 2026 | 2d | 252,380 | $82 | $20.6M | 10b5-1 planindirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | July 13, 2026 | July 15, 2026 | 2d | 11,614 | $83 | $969K | 10b5-1 planindirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| Hartman Todd G. | BBY | Other G | July 7, 2026 | July 8, 2026 | 1d | 600 | — | — | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | June 26, 2026 | June 26, 2026 | 0d | 224,705 | $78 | $17.6M | indirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | June 25, 2026 | June 26, 2026 | 1d | 193,896 | $78 | $15.1M | indirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | June 16, 2026 | June 17, 2026 | 1d | 5,100 | $78 | $398K | indirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| SCHULZE RICHARD M | BBY | Sell S | June 15, 2026 | June 17, 2026 | 2d | 76,299 | $78 | $6.0M | indirect | Form 4 ↗ | |
| Whittington Melinda D | BBY | Other A | June 12, 2026 | June 16, 2026 | 4d | 2,611 | — | — | Form 4 ↗ |
Federal contracts (USAspending, awards started in the last 180 days)
No contract award starting in the last 180 days was found for a recipient named exactly "BEST BUY CO INC". Subsidiaries and differently-spelled recipients are not matched — search contracts.
Lobbying (Senate LDA, as client)
| Period | Registrant | Primary issue | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q3 | KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC | Taxation/Internal Revenue Code | $60,000 | LDA ↗ |
| 2026 Q3 | K&L GATES, LLP | — | — | LDA ↗ |
| 2026 Q2 | BEST BUY CO., INC. | Taxation/Internal Revenue Code | $160,000 | LDA ↗ |
| 2026 Q2 | KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC | Taxation/Internal Revenue Code | $60,000 | LDA ↗ |
| 2026 Q2 | K&L GATES, LLP | — | — | LDA ↗ |
| 2026 Q1 | BEST BUY CO., INC. | Taxation/Internal Revenue Code | $420,000 | LDA ↗ |
| 2026 Q1 | KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC | Taxation/Internal Revenue Code | $60,000 | LDA ↗ |
| 2026 Q1 | K&L GATES, LLP | — | — | LDA ↗ |
| 2025 Q4 | BEST BUY CO., INC. | Taxation/Internal Revenue Code | $220,000 | LDA ↗ |
| 2025 Q4 | KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC | Taxation/Internal Revenue Code | $60,000 | LDA ↗ |
| 2025 Q4 | K&L GATES, LLP | — | — | LDA ↗ |
| 2025 Q3 | BEST BUY CO., INC. | Taxation/Internal Revenue Code | $210,000 | LDA ↗ |
| 2025 Q3 | KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC | Taxation/Internal Revenue Code | $60,000 | LDA ↗ |
| 2025 Q3 | K&L GATES, LLP | Trade (domestic/foreign) | $5,000 | LDA ↗ |
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Guides for this page
- What is SEC Form 4? Who files: officers, directors and owners of more than 10% of a class of the company's shares.
- Insider buying vs insider selling Selling outweighs buying by a wide margin in normal times.
- Lobbying disclosure reports Reports are due about 20 days after each quarter ends.
- What disclosure data cannot tell you Filings are late by design: up to 45 days for Congress, two business days for insiders.
Sources and method
| Source | Filings | Rows | First filed | Newest filed | Read the originals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate eFD, periodic transaction reports | 1 | 1 | July 21, 2026 | July 21, 2026 | Senate eFD search |
| SEC EDGAR, Form 4 | 10 | 25 | June 16, 2026 | September 24, 2026 | Form 4 list on EDGAR |
| Lobbying disclosure filings | 14 filings | — | — | — | LDA.gov search |
Site built October 22, 2026. Every row in the tables above links to its own filing. To quote a figure, use the Cite button at the top of the page; see how to cite and reuse.
Insiders and their transactions come from SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings for this issuer. Contracts and lobbying are matched by exact normalized name (suffixes like Inc./Corp. ignored) to USAspending recipients and LDA clients — a conservative match that misses subsidiaries on purpose. See methodology and corrections.
Not investment advice. Public records shown as filed; no recommendation is made or implied.