BEST BUY CO INC (BBY) Options Risk Score
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Data last updated: 2026-07-23
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Is it risky to sell options on BEST BUY CO INC (BBY) right now?
BEST BUY CO INC (BBY) currently scores 41 out of 100 for options catalyst risk (LOW) over a 4-week expiry window. The contributing signals are an upcoming earnings report, 2 recent news items, 10 active legal filings and 1 recent SEC event within the 4-week window. Below 45 is LOW: BBY's calendar looks clear across this window. Unscheduled news can still move any stock, so a low score is the absence of a known event, not the absence of risk.
BBY shows an IV Rank of 100 — implied volatility is near the top of its own one-year range, so BBY options are historically expensive, which favours premium-selling strategies, with a current implied volatility of about 51%. Read IV Rank alongside the catalyst score: it says how expensive BBY options are, while the score says whether that price is justified by a scheduled event.
The 2026-08-27 earnings report sits inside a standard monthly expiry for BBY, so implied volatility should stay bid into the date and drop sharply once it passes; the stock has moved down 3.3% recently.
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