Best Buy (BBY): FY27 Q2 earnings call, Aug 27, 2026
On its Aug 27, 2026 earnings call (FY27 Q2), Best Buy said 8 of the 14 words Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 14 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.
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14 words · 8 settled yes · our count agreed on 14 of 14- Polymarket: anyone
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| Word | Result | Our count | All speakers | Agrees | Probability | Clip | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter 15+ times | Yes | 46 | 46 | ✓ | 82%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 0:04, Quarter 15+ times | – |
| Marketplace 5+ times | Yes | 18 | 18 | ✓ | 79%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 4:30, Marketplace 5+ times | – |
| Deliver / Delivered | Yes | 7 | 7 | ✓ | 93%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 3:57, Deliver / Delivered | – |
| Home Theater | Yes | 7 | 7 | ✓ | 85%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 5:03, Home Theater | – |
| Gaming | Yes | 4 | 4 | ✓ | 95%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 6:06, Gaming | – |
| International | Yes | 4 | 4 | ✓ | 81%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 9:16, International | – |
| Mobile | Yes | 3 | 3 | ✓ | 91%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 5:33, Mobile | – |
| Online | Yes | 2 | 2 | ✓ | 92%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 13:50, Online | – |
| Vendor 20+ times | No | 16 | 16 | ✓ | 51%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 7:14, Vendor 20+ times | – |
| Fiscal 10+ times | No | 3 | 3 | ✓ | 53%transcripts from the transcript model | Hear it 0:04, Fiscal 10+ times | – |
| PC | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 62%transcripts from the transcript model | – | |
| Desktop | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 51%transcripts from the transcript model | – | |
| Amazon | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 29%transcripts from the transcript model | – | |
| Gemini | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 26%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
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Transcript
quotes of at most 25 wordsSpeaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.
16 matches for “Vendor”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.
…customers, including elevating specialty expertise in our stores, partnering closely with our vendors to bring innovation to market, and improving fulfillment, speed, and execution across…
…we believe there is significant potential to expand this model to additional vendor partners. At the same time, we're repurposing space to enhance our own…
…a dynamic situation, and we will continue to partner closely with our vendors to mitigate impacts. Last week, we celebrated Best Buy's 60th anniversary, marking…
…good examples of places where we can lean in around innovation with vendors. Some of those categories are supported by additional space. Meta would be…
…a pretty nice run, but we'll continue to manage that with our vendors. There still is a lot of demand from customers in the back-to-school…
Where the listed words were said
…and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Best Buy's second quarter fiscal 2027 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a…
…expect to provide considerable benefit over time. Our Best Buy Ads and marketplace initiatives continued to hit their performance targets and contributed to our gross…
…rate expansion and EPS growth. Specifically, on revenue of $9.8 billion, we delivered an adjusted operating income rate of 4.3%, an adjusted diluted EPS of…
We are excited to announce that home theater was the second biggest weighted comp driver this quarter, with the highest sales growth since Q2 of…
As expected, we saw comparable sales decline in our traditional gaming category as we lacked the successful launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 in June…
…year, driven by a stronger than anticipated performance. We will begin adding international sellers later this quarter, which opens us up to a materially new…
…group of categories in Q2 more than doubled versus last year. In mobile phones, we delivered our sixth consecutive quarter of growth, driven by our…
…it easier and more convenient to complete these complex purchases. Speaking of online experiences, I am excited to announce the launch of Ask Blue, our…
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