Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (BBBY)
NYSE:BBBY
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Bed Bath & Beyond
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Rating:52Neutral
Price Target:
$6.50
▲(13.24% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:05/02/26
Overall score reflects weak financial performance driven by ongoing losses and continued cash burn, partially offset by improving operational trends and a relatively low-leverage balance sheet. Technical indicators are mixed with modest near-term support but longer-term trend pressure, while valuation is constrained by negative earnings. The latest earnings call adds cautious optimism via cost-out targets and margin goals, but execution and integration risks remain significant.
Positive Factors
Low leverage / positive equity
A low debt-to-equity ratio and positive equity provide durable financial flexibility: the company can sustain near-term operating losses, fund integration costs, and pursue M&A without immediate refinancing pressure. This reduces bankruptcy risk and preserves room to execute turnarounds over months.
Negative Factors
Negative operating and free cash flow
Persistent negative operating and free cash flow indicate the business still burns cash to run and grow. Over a multi-month horizon this necessitates external financing, asset dispositions, or equity issuance to fund operations and integration—each of which can dilute returns or strain strategic execution.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Low leverage / positive equity
A low debt-to-equity ratio and positive equity provide durable financial flexibility: the company can sustain near-term operating losses, fund integration costs, and pursue M&A without immediate refinancing pressure. This reduces bankruptcy risk and preserves room to execute turnarounds over months.
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Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$457.68M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)4.41M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)2.71
Revenue Growth-14.77%
EPS Growth79.60%
CountryUS
Employees32,000
SectorGeneral
Sector StrengthN/A
IndustrySpecialty Retail
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-0.95
Shares Outstanding73,938,490
10 Day Avg. Volume3,006,053
30 Day Avg. Volume4,412,301
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.05
Price to Book (P/B)1.51
Price to Sales (P/S)0.31
P/FCF Ratio-5.12
Enterprise Value/Market Cap0.74
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.32
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit1.29
Enterprise Value/Ebitda-8.09
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$11.00Price Target Upside91.64% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering4
EPS Forecast (FY)-1
Revenue Forecast (FY)$1.33B
Bed Bath & Beyond Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of retail stores. It sells a range of domestics merchandise, including bed linens and related items, bath items, and kitchen textiles; and home furnishings, such as kitchen a...
How the Company Makes Money
BBBY historically made money primarily by selling home-related merchandise to consumers through (1) in-store retail sales and (2) online/direct-to-consumer sales, generating revenue from the retail price of goods sold. Its earnings depended on mer...
Bed Bath & Beyond Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Apr 27, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Jul 23, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call presented tangible signs of operational stabilization and early financial improvements (revenue growth, higher AOV, better efficiency, cash flow improvement) combined with an ambitious M&A-driven strategy to create a connected 'Everything Home' ecosystem. Management highlighted significant near-term actions and clear cost-synergy targets (additional $60M) and laid out profit-margin goals (6%–7% EBITDA). However, the company remains unprofitable this quarter, faces near-term onetime integration costs, substantial headcount reductions and execution risk from multiple acquisitions and store rationalizations. On balance, the forward-looking strategy and positive early metrics outweigh the near-term challenges, producing cautious optimism contingent on integration execution.Positive Updates
Quarterly Revenue Growth
Revenue of approximately $248 million, up 7% year-over-year (or +9.4% excluding discontinued Canadian operations); first year-over-year revenue growth in ~18–19 quarters.
Negative Updates
Adjusted EBITDA and EPS Still Negative
Adjusted EBITDA remains a loss of $8 million and adjusted diluted EPS was a loss of $0.25 per share (although both improved year-over-year), leaving the company still unprofitable on a GAAP/non‑GAAP basis.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Quarterly Revenue Growth
Revenue of approximately $248 million, up 7% year-over-year (or +9.4% excluding discontinued Canadian operations); first year-over-year revenue growth in ~18–19 quarters.
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Company Guidance
Management guided to low- to mid-single-digit revenue growth while targeting to remove an additional $60 million of costs over the next nine months, with a goal of reaching a 6%–7% EBITDA margin; near‑term integration costs of roughly $12–13 million in Q2 and a similar ~$13–14 million in Q3 were flagged, and management said the business should be breakeven (or neutral) in the current environment once cost saves are realized. They expect blended store productivity at The Container Store/Bed Bath formats to move from roughly $220/sq ft today toward $500/sq ft within 24 months (noting ~$615/sq ft is needed to drive a ~7% 4‑wall EBITDA), and outlined target blended margins of ~35%–37% for general merchandise and north of 60% for home services (with a blended gross margin target north of 40%). Other forward-looking metrics included a 6%–7% revenue CAGR target for 2027–2029, planned cadence for deal closings by late summer (Kirkland’s annual run‑rate ~ $325–350M; The Container Store ~ $0.5B; Cabinets To Go/Lumber Liquidators platform ~ $0.5B; installation/renovation network ~ $60M), and continued focus on an 11–12 year homeowner life cycle and a >100 million unique homeowner addressable base.Bed Bath & Beyond Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
28
Negative
Balance Sheet
60
Neutral
Cash Flow
22
Negative
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 1.06B | 1.04B | 1.39B | 1.56B | 1.93B | 2.76B |
| Gross Profit | 263.14M | 257.52M | 272.55M | 295.84M | 427.37M | 606.04M |
| EBITDA | -41.93M | -67.52M | -236.85M | -244.91M | -11.89M | 147.06M |
| Net Income | -61.11M | -84.62M | -258.80M | -307.84M | -35.24M | 108.55M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 404.45M | 425.48M | 401.95M | 635.82M | 878.55M | 1.07B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 135.83M | 175.29M | 159.17M | 302.61M | 371.26M | 503.34M |
| Total Debt | 21.85M | 22.07M | 32.66M | 3.75M | 42.51M | 51.35M |
| Total Liabilities | 202.00M | 207.53M | 239.22M | 276.69M | 232.72M | 321.58M |
| Stockholders Equity | 202.09M | 217.58M | 162.73M | 359.13M | 645.83M | 744.39M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | -35.02M | -64.11M | -194.66M | -63.58M | -1.32B | -336.33M |
| Operating Cash Flow | -17.58M | -56.70M | -174.30M | -18.59M | -990.98M | 17.85M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -63.38M | -49.23M | 24.93M | -44.63M | -298.74M | -349.18M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 101.97M | 122.05M | 32.72M | -5.49M | 967.03M | -606.02M |
Bed Bath & Beyond Technical Analysis
Positive
5.74
Price Trends
5.22
Positive
5.42
Positive
6.66
Negative
Market Momentum
0.34
Negative
60.87
Neutral
71.19
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For BBBY, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 5.74 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 5.51, above the 50-day MA of 5.22, and below the 200-day MA of 6.66, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of 0.34 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 60.87 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 71.19 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for BBBY.
Bed Bath & Beyond Risk Analysis
Bed Bath & Beyond disclosed 79 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Bed Bath & Beyond reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Bed Bath & Beyond Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (55)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
71 Outperform | $24.00B | 22.52 | 53.29% | 1.37% | 1.30% | 1.14% | |
66 Neutral | $4.14B | 13.51 | 18.85% | 3.10% | 30.50% | -13.32% | |
64 Neutral | $3.34B | 8.97 | 18.07% | 1.04% | 2.02% | -3.69% | |
61 Neutral | $15.11B | 13.07 | 38.34% | 5.46% | 0.99% | 31.91% | |
55 Neutral | $6.65B | 3.83 | -15.92% | 6.20% | 10.91% | 7.18% | |
52 Neutral | $457.68M | -7.04 | -32.45% | ― | -14.77% | 79.60% | |
52 Neutral | $9.55B | ― | 10.98% | ― | 6.80% | 18.24% |
* General Sector Average
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
6.23
-0.45
-6.74%
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Bed Bath & Beyond Corporate Events
Executive/Board Changes
Bed Bath & Beyond Expands CFO Role, Adds Director
Neutral
May 20, 2026
On May 15, 2026, Bed Bath Beyond, Inc. expanded the responsibilities of its Chief Financial Officer, Brian LaRose, appointing him as principal accounting officer effective the same day, succeeding Leah Putnam; the company noted there were no spec...
Business Operations and StrategyRegulatory Filings and ComplianceShareholder Meetings
Bed Bath & Beyond Doubles Authorized Common Stock Shares
Neutral
May 19, 2026
At its May 14, 2026 annual meeting, Bed Bath Beyond shareholders approved an amendment to the company’s charter doubling authorized common stock from 100 million to 200 million shares, and the change became effective the same day with a fil...
Business Operations and StrategyM&A TransactionsPrivate Placements and Financing
Bed Bath & Beyond Finalizes Brand House Collective Acquisition
Positive
Apr 2, 2026
On April 2, 2026, Bed Bath Beyond completed its previously announced acquisition of The Brand House Collective, merging its Knight Merger Sub subsidiary into TBHC and making TBHC a wholly owned unit. Each TBHC common share outstanding before the ...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board ChangesFinancial DisclosuresM&A TransactionsPrivate Placements and Financing
Bed Bath & Beyond Announces Transformative Container Store Merger
Positive
Apr 2, 2026
On April 2, 2026, Bed Bath Beyond, Inc. signed a merger agreement under which Falcon Merger Sub, its wholly owned subsidiary, will merge with The Container Store Holdings, LLC, leaving The Container Store as a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal va...
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