Financial highlights

(U.S. dollars in millions, except per share amounts)	Fiscal 2008	Fiscal 2007 ⁽¹⁾	Fiscal 2006

Revenue	$40,023	$35,934	$30,848
Comparable store sales % gain	2.9%	5.0%	4.9%
Gross profit as % of revenue	23.9%	24.4%	25.0%
SG&A as % of revenue	18.5%	18.8%	19.7%
Operating income as % of revenue	5.4%	5.6%	5.3%
Net earnings	$ 1,407	$ 1,377	$ 1,140
Diluted earnings per share	$3.12	$ 2.79	$ 2.27

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	$ 1,502	$ 3,793	$ 3,789
Debt-to-capitalization ratio ⁽³⁾	15%	9%	10%
Cash dividends per share declared and paid	$ 0.46	$ 0.36	$ 0.31
Value of common shares repurchased	$ 3,461	$ 599	$ 772

Total retail square footage (in thousands) ^{(3) (4)}	48,580	43,511	35,526
Number of stores (at period end)
Best Buy — U.S.	923	822	742
Pacific Sales (acquired in fiscal 2007)	19	14	-
Magnolia Audio Video	13	20	20
Best Buy Mobile (stand-alone) — U.S.	9	5	-
Geek Squad (stand-alone) — U.S.	7	12	12
Future Shop	131	121	118
Best Buy — Canada	51	47	44
Geek Squad (stand-alone) — Canada	-	-	5
Five Star ⁽⁵⁾ (acquired in fiscal 2007)	160	135	–
Best Buy ⁽⁵⁾ — China	1	1	–

(1) Fiscal 2007 included 53 weeks. All other periods presented included 52 weeks (2) Represents total debt (including current portion of long-term debt) divided by total capitalization (total debt + total shareholders’ equity) (3) Represents total square footage of our stores at the end of each fiscal year (4) Retail square footage for fiscal 2007 and 2006 have been adjusted to report all square footage on a gross basis (5) Store count on December 31, 2007. China results are reported on a two-month lag basis.