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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since September 30, 2022.

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data

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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)

US$ in thousands

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Aug 27, 2022 May 28, 2022 Feb 26, 2022 Nov 27, 2021 Aug 28, 2021 May 29, 2021 Feb 27, 2021 Nov 28, 2020 Aug 29, 2020 May 30, 2020 Feb 29, 2020 Nov 30, 2019 Aug 31, 2019 Jun 1, 2019 Mar 2, 2019 Dec 1, 2018 Sep 1, 2018 Jun 2, 2018 Mar 3, 2018 Nov 25, 2017 Aug 26, 2017 May 27, 2017 Feb 25, 2017 Nov 26, 2016 Aug 27, 2016 May 28, 2016
Accounts payable 783,681 816,578 872,445 908,070 991,502 889,883 986,045 865,418 1,028,730 954,745 944,194 1,210,274 1,073,895 1,066,282 1,094,078 1,554,353 1,366,161 1,082,943 1,197,504 1,455,355 1,168,092 1,178,811 1,179,088 1,621,432 1,192,574 1,145,055
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 394,268 549,754 529,371 649,204 514,404 506,674 636,329 698,827 686,004 609,930 675,776 690,890 615,748 590,087 623,734 793,916 748,629 716,069 633,100 584,121 486,719 509,501 484,114 581,640 473,595 471,728
Merchandise credit and gift card liabilities 328,089 325,232 326,465 313,968 311,013 309,576 312,486 304,530 322,859 327,512 340,407 337,515 341,143 343,087 339,322 330,759 329,227 329,055 335,081 321,591 318,407 319,496 309,478 304,319 307,969 306,431
Current operating lease liabilities 322,430 334,891 346,506 347,721 349,847 347,365 360,061 390,875 464,946 545,547 463,005 459,364 456,324 410,417 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Liabilities related to assets held-for-sale — — — — — — — 448,805 — 26,303 43,144 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Current income taxes payable — — — — — — — — — — — — — 21,209 20,498 — — — — — 15,802 117,211 59,821 — 23,539 53,933
Current liabilities 1,828,468 2,026,455 2,074,787 2,218,963 2,166,766 2,053,498 2,294,921 2,708,455 2,502,539 2,464,037 2,466,526 2,698,043 2,487,110 2,431,082 2,077,632 2,679,028 2,444,017 2,128,067 2,165,685 2,361,067 1,989,020 2,125,019 2,032,501 2,507,391 1,997,677 1,977,147
Other liabilities 114,259 111,085 102,438 69,972 74,831 78,353 82,279 123,067 206,221 203,998 204,926 185,247 182,700 184,242 395,409 407,953 427,118 431,799 431,592 520,952 514,902 520,040 534,677 542,624 529,589 505,512
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities 1,479,456 1,561,870 1,508,002 1,532,873 1,609,912 1,529,173 1,509,767 1,531,830 1,799,504 1,792,187 1,818,783 1,750,353 1,813,015 1,775,081 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Income taxes payable 92,146 90,120 91,424 101,535 102,192 102,905 102,664 38,034 43,660 48,119 46,945 41,856 41,683 47,745 49,235 54,061 54,010 57,507 62,823 66,061 65,203 66,431 67,971 76,316 76,744 75,977
Long-term debt 1,729,964 1,379,870 1,179,776 1,179,682 1,179,588 1,182,566 1,190,363 1,190,265 1,190,168 1,724,916 1,488,400 1,488,284 1,488,167 1,488,051 1,487,934 1,492,427 1,492,310 1,492,194 1,492,078 1,491,952 1,491,836 1,491,719 1,491,603 1,491,487 1,491,370 1,491,254
Noncurrent liabilities 3,415,825 3,142,945 2,881,640 2,884,062 2,966,523 2,892,997 2,885,073 2,883,196 3,239,553 3,769,220 3,559,054 3,465,740 3,525,565 3,495,119 1,932,578 1,954,441 1,973,438 1,981,500 1,986,493 2,078,965 2,071,941 2,078,190 2,094,251 2,110,427 2,097,703 2,072,743
Total liabilities 5,244,293 5,169,400 4,956,427 5,103,025 5,133,289 4,946,495 5,179,994 5,591,651 5,742,092 6,233,257 6,025,580 6,163,783 6,012,675 5,926,201 4,010,210 4,633,469 4,417,455 4,109,567 4,152,178 4,440,032 4,060,961 4,203,209 4,126,752 4,617,818 4,095,380 4,049,890
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; no shares issued or outstanding — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Common stock, $0.01 par value 3,450 3,446 3,441 3,441 3,436 3,435 3,432 3,434 3,436 3,439 3,436 3,440 3,436 3,434 3,426 3,427 3,427 3,426 3,418 3,417 3,416 3,413 3,395 3,395 3,395 3,392
Additional paid-in capital 2,253,039 2,243,378 2,235,894 2,227,469 2,218,400 2,208,052 2,152,135 2,058,358 2,183,564 2,175,225 2,167,337 2,155,500 2,150,542 2,138,362 2,118,673 2,108,790 2,096,282 2,082,238 2,057,975 2,039,213 2,022,826 2,006,939 1,974,781 1,956,594 1,939,470 1,921,970
Retained earnings 8,942,368 9,308,530 9,666,091 9,825,156 10,101,522 10,174,656 10,225,253 10,215,743 10,290,896 10,072,535 10,374,826 10,460,810 10,521,658 10,679,515 11,112,887 11,388,910 11,386,561 11,360,572 11,343,503 11,170,287 11,130,348 11,057,826 11,003,890 10,753,801 10,646,033 10,498,036
Treasury stock, at cost (11,728,514) (11,728,295) (11,685,267) (11,454,757) (11,335,845) (11,234,529) (11,048,284) (10,812,841) (10,718,789) (10,718,292) (10,715,755) (10,715,177) (10,714,012) (10,697,540) (10,616,045) (10,538,430) (10,530,712) (10,490,082) (10,467,972) (10,422,816) (10,399,254) (10,342,863) (10,215,539) (10,044,058) (9,968,003) (9,846,641)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (47,997) (47,357) (46,014) (47,696) (53,279) (44,820) (55,600) (64,735) (62,099) (71,817) (64,909) (56,368) (57,921) (61,777) (58,610) (59,422) (53,150) (51,975) (48,296) (41,255) (35,638) (52,723) (47,250) (54,749) (46,900) (47,670)
Shareholders’ equity (deficit) (577,654) (220,298) 174,145 553,613 934,234 1,106,794 1,276,936 1,399,959 1,697,008 1,461,090 1,764,935 1,848,205 1,903,703 2,061,994 2,560,331 2,903,275 2,902,408 2,904,179 2,888,628 2,748,846 2,721,698 2,672,592 2,719,277 2,614,983 2,573,995 2,529,087
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficit) 4,666,639 4,949,102 5,130,572 5,656,638 6,067,523 6,053,289 6,456,930 6,991,610 7,439,100 7,694,347 7,790,515 8,011,988 7,916,378 7,988,195 6,570,541 7,536,744 7,319,863 7,013,746 7,040,806 7,188,878 6,782,659 6,875,801 6,846,029 7,232,801 6,669,375 6,578,977

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-02-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-02-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-03-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-03-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-08-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-05-27), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-02-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-11-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-08-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-05-28).


The financial position exhibits a transition from relative stability to severe insolvency over the observed period. A critical inflection point occurred in mid-2019, characterized by a substantial increase in noncurrent liabilities following the recognition of operating lease liabilities. While total liabilities fluctuated, the most defining trend is the systemic erosion of shareholders' equity, which ultimately transitioned into a deficit by the second quarter of 2022.

Shareholders' Equity and Solvency
A persistent downward trend in shareholders' equity is observed starting after June 2018. Equity peaked at approximately $2.9 billion before entering a steady decline, falling below $1 billion by November 2021. The position deteriorated further into negative territory in May 2022 (-$220.3 million) and reached a deficit of $577.7 million by August 2022. This collapse was driven by a consistent decrease in retained earnings, which fell from a peak of $11.4 billion in September 2018 to $8.9 billion by August 2022, compounded by an increase in treasury stock expenditures reaching $11.7 billion.
Liability Structure and Lease Obligations
Total liabilities increased significantly between March 2019 and June 2019, rising from $4.0 billion to $5.9 billion. This spike is attributed to the introduction of current and noncurrent operating lease liabilities, which added approximately $2.2 billion to the balance sheet. Noncurrent liabilities peaked in May 2020 at $3.8 billion before moderating. Current liabilities showed high volatility, peaking at $2.7 billion in November 2020 before declining to $1.8 billion by August 2022.
Debt and Liquidity Trends
Long-term debt remained remarkably stable at approximately $1.49 billion from 2016 through early 2020. A period of reduction followed, with debt dipping to approximately $1.18 billion in 2021. However, a sharp upward trend emerged in 2022, with long-term debt spiking to $1.73 billion by August 2022, suggesting a reliance on increased borrowing as the equity base evaporated.
Operational Liability Patterns
Accounts payable exhibited a gradual long-term decline, starting at $1.1 billion in May 2016 and ending at $783.7 million in August 2022. Similarly, accrued expenses and other current liabilities trended downward from 2018 peaks, falling to $394.3 million by the end of the period. These declines in operational payables, coupled with the rise in long-term debt, indicate a shift in the company's financing strategy and liquidity management.

The overall trajectory indicates a contraction of the balance sheet, with total liabilities and shareholders' equity decreasing from a peak of $8.0 billion in November 2019 to $4.6 billion in August 2022. The convergence of declining retained earnings, increasing treasury stock costs, and rising long-term debt resulted in a critically compromised capital structure.

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