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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY)

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Cash Flow Statement 
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: 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
Net earnings (loss) (366,159) (357,666) (159,105) (276,429) (73,215) (50,874) 9,059 (75,441) 217,900 (302,291) (65,414) (38,552) (138,765) (371,085) (253,793) 24,354 48,639 43,576 194,044 61,301 94,230 75,283 268,730 126,424 167,335 122,619
Depreciation and amortization 70,991 71,103 78,884 76,352 70,112 68,278 78,328 93,706 85,277 83,601 87,390 87,149 84,430 83,542 92,343 84,814 82,090 79,578 85,700 78,910 73,585 74,912 75,750 73,871 70,848 70,445
Loss on sale leaseback transaction 27,357
Impairments 55,518 26,699 18,059 1,759 7,584 9,129 (45,093) 57,997 29,176 85,261 67,821 11,781 28,357 401,267 509,905
Gain on sale of building (29,690)
Stock-based compensation 9,311 7,123 8,186 8,882 10,075 7,918 8,530 7,184 8,178 7,702 9,564 4,702 12,062 19,348 9,246 12,225 13,471 23,572 17,677 15,929 15,414 21,490 17,613 16,735 16,815 20,748
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation 2 (4) (156) (1,325)
Deferred income taxes 2,299 (2,299) (726) 175,375 (26,803) (22,135) 192,095 (66,086) 105,089 (82,357) (59,917) 1,575 (32,687) (54,514) (103,875) 3,860 (526) (3,548) 158,237 27,821 (4,136) (6,571) (11,979) 25,015 7,689 4,153
(Gain) loss on sale of businesses 14,100 132 3,989 76,681 113,909 (189,528)
(Gain) loss on debt extinguishment 111 265 (77,038) (412)
Other 377 590 (782) (2,143) (3,176) (2,197) (524) 226 1,275 (1,373) 225 (536) (834) (2,301) 1,348 (1,133) 80 (1,109) 204 (455) (373) 555 58 (281) (330) (479)
Merchandise inventories 181,486 (34,757) 187,183 (322,818) (31,070) 113,366 156,182 (137,257) 184,525 (138,503) 430,547 (208,097) 207,429 76,455 386,765 (194,032) (168,057) 82,252 467,248 (322,428) 91,768 (59,916) 366,705 (356,349) 23,084 (71,933)
Trading investment securities 21 84,626 5,825 (2,105) (2,069) 1,770 (8,585) (2,965) (6,256) (3,435) (3,688) (4,142) (7,515)
Other current assets (7,560) 7,971 327,164 (21,621) 3,659 78,544 (385,492) (2,293) 105,806 (105,193) 108,695 (59,230) (54,383) 137 180,966 (87,259) 70,525 104,954 (169,428) (100,015) 30,736 (20,146) 109,023 (75,863) (19,122) (32,502)
Other assets 24 (106) 689 143 (293) 68 1,196 46 (551) 828 4,247 (2,767) (1,350) 88 (654) (603) 1,957 (482) 280 (982) (3,421) (631) (4,191) 1,322 335 (11,946)
(Increase) decrease in assets 173,950 (26,892) 515,036 (344,296) (27,704) 191,978 (228,114) (139,504) 289,780 (242,868) 543,489 (270,094) 151,696 76,701 651,703 (276,069) (97,680) 184,655 299,870 (432,010) 116,118 (86,949) 468,102 (434,578) 155 (123,896)
Accounts payable (33,804) (47,597) (60,377) (81,898) 111,691 (102,201) 70,843 (15,657) 92,496 20,874 (270,194) 133,738 23,246 (10,996) (492,442) 182,840 297,662 (78,717) (298,220) 289,426 (2,563) 24,567 (487,119) 415,146 55,171 66,260
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (98,854) (38,038) (120,741) 137,045 12,667 (129,327) (82,217) 72,146 72,684 (47,075) (7,967) 73,289 27,122 (30,580) (173,849) 44,968 57,135 (5,401) (10,572) 88,224 (22,868) 25,591 (99,181) 90,820 (42,856) 42,631
Merchandise credit and gift card liabilities 3,103 (1,176) 12,430 3,094 1,878 (3,421) 9,089 (6,323) (5,082) (9,794) 2,971 (3,646) (2,067) 3,896 8,567 1,675 221 5,553 13,584 3,322 (1,568) 10,172 4,982 (3,442) 1,531 8,319
Income taxes payable 2,097 (1,304) (10,097) (670) (767) 277 63,834 (5,563) (4,458) 1,145 5,089 184 (27,176) (880) 15,626 2 (3,501) (3,767) (3,315) (14,860) (102,571) 55,805 64,748 (37,617) (30,506) (4,932)
Operating lease assets and liabilities, net (14,663) (13,096) 2,545 (14,963) (4,869) 3,125 (43,621) 1,757 (85,076) 94,127 (17,139) (2,849) 41,011 (23,922)
Other liabilities (3,040) (998) (718) (6,986) (2,937) (3,545) (33,184) 5,193 2,809 (1,576) 10,539 4,483 (579) (389) (11,524) (21,427) (3,569) 602 (89,362) 9,533 (5,201) 9,779 (2,613) 2,390 14,677 3,300
Increase (decrease) in liabilities (145,161) (102,209) (176,958) 35,622 117,663 (235,092) (15,256) 51,553 73,373 57,701 (276,701) 205,199 61,557 (62,871) (653,622) 208,058 347,948 (81,730) (387,885) 375,645 (134,771) 125,914 (519,183) 467,297 (1,983) 115,578
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 167,285 (25,885) 441,699 (34,349) 147,994 22,133 66,647 118,985 325,582 (92,333) 399,228 39,776 304,581 461,172 506,636 2,065 345,383 201,418 173,803 65,840 65,837 129,351 30,363 148,055 93,038 85,224
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (198,874) (383,551) 282,594 (310,778) 74,779 (28,741) 75,706 43,544 543,482 (394,624) 333,814 1,224 165,816 90,087 252,843 26,419 394,022 244,994 367,847 127,141 160,067 204,634 299,093 274,479 260,373 207,843
Purchases of held-to-maturity investment securities (29,997) (386,500) (57,000) (487,999) (124,800) (116,000) (5,625) (292,500)
Redemption of held-to-maturity investment securities 30,000 29,500 357,000 202,000 343,000 153,800 87,000 60,000 238,125 22,498 63,742
Net proceeds from sales of businesses 51,748 237,927 244,782
Net proceeds from sales of property 5,000
Capital expenditures (121,648) (104,852) (121,715) (82,995) (75,954) (73,521) (65,761) (37,995) (36,970) (42,351) (89,049) (63,142) (56,835) (68,375) (68,876) (74,949) (83,728) (97,813) (111,830) (87,008) (96,195) (80,760) (97,138) (91,647) (95,334) (89,455)
Proceeds from sale-leaseback transaction 267,277
Proceeds from sale of a building 11,183
Investment in unconsolidated joint venture (3,318)
Payment for acquisitions, net of cash acquired (22) (890) (863) (4,344) (800) (188,700) (11,777)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (121,648) (104,852) (121,715) (52,995) (70,954) (103,518) (14,013) 199,932 237,312 314,649 (208,272) (63,142) 145,165 217,625 (403,075) (101,566) (139,728) 134,687 (404,352) (87,898) (97,058) (85,104) (97,938) (280,347) (87,931) (25,713)
Borrowing of long-term debt 350,000 200,000 236,400
Repayments of long-term debt (5) (3,182) (8,173) (457,827) (4,224)
Repayments of finance leases (809) (1,033)
Prepayment under share repurchase agreement 85,065 (132,615)
Repurchase of common stock, including fees (219) (43,028) (230,510) (118,912) (101,316) (138,695) (235,443) (94,052) (497) (2,537) (578) (1,165) (16,472) (81,495) (77,615) (7,718) (40,630) (22,110) (45,156) (23,562) (56,391) (127,324) (171,481) (76,055) (121,362) (178,124)
Payment of dividends (45) (271) 18 (127) (80) (560) (45) (93) (1,778) (21,192) (21,142) (20,967) (21,479) (21,894) (21,410) (21,476) (21,987) (21,414) (20,819) (20,817) (21,080) (18,161) (18,254) (18,531) (18,827)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 2,346 152 10,161 166 1,012 19,246
Payment of deferred financing fees (3,443) (7,690) (4) (430)
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation (2) 4 156 1,325
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 348,927 156,701 (231,530) (119,039) (108,021) (147,428) (150,423) (226,760) (467,792) 212,671 (19,374) (22,132) (37,951) (103,389) (103,249) (29,194) (62,617) (43,524) (65,827) (44,809) (77,471) (135,324) (189,571) (94,582) (139,021) (157,553)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (620) (251) 1,094 (1,577) (4,628) 6,117 1,747 1,404 5,386 (3,462) (1,090) 280 1,928 (2,095) (61) (2,443) (1,026) (3,651) (4,631) (5,393) 9,204 (3,215) 3,739 (4,388) 154 4,119
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 27,785 (331,953) (69,557) (484,389) (108,824) (273,570) (86,983) 18,120 318,388 129,234 105,078 (83,770) 274,958 202,228 (253,542) (106,784) 190,651 332,506 (106,963) (10,959) (5,258) (19,009) 15,323 (104,838) 33,575 28,696
Change in cash balances classified as held-for-sale 2,545 2,270 (4,815)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 27,785 (331,953) (69,557) (484,389) (108,824) (273,570) (86,983) 18,120 320,933 131,504 100,263 (83,770) 274,958 202,228 (253,542) (106,784) 190,651 332,506 (106,963) (10,959) (5,258) (19,009) 15,323 (104,838) 33,575 28,696

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).


Net earnings (loss)
Net earnings exhibit significant volatility across the periods analyzed, with a general trend of large losses emerging from late 2018 through 2020. Notable losses occurred in March 2019 (-253,793) and August 2022 (-366,159). There are intermittent positive earnings, such as in May 2016 (122,619) and August 2020 (217,900), but these are often followed by sharp declines, indicating inconsistency in profitability.
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization expenses remained relatively stable over time, fluctuating between approximately 68,000 and 93,000 thousand US dollars. This suggests steady non-cash charges related to asset utilization.
Impairments
Impairments began appearing prominently after 2018, with exceedingly high charges in December 2018 (509,905) and March 2019 (401,267), which then decreased but continued sporadically. The high impairment values may reflect significant asset write-downs, indicating operational or market challenges affecting asset values during those periods.
Stock-based compensation
This expense generally declined over time, starting around 20,748 thousand US dollars in May 2016, dwindling to figures near 7,000-9,000 in recent quarters. This decline suggests reduced reliance on stock-based incentives or changes in compensation structures.
Deferred income taxes
Deferred income taxes showed large swings, with significant positive and negative figures, from a low of around -103,875 in March 2019 to a high of 192,095 in February 2021. This volatility may indicate fluctuating tax positions related to timing differences and loss carryforwards.
(Gain) loss on sale of businesses
Losses and gains on sales of businesses appear irregular and occasional, with notable gains and losses around 2020-2021, such as a large gain in November 2020 (-189,528) and subsequent losses, reflecting restructuring or asset divestiture activities.
Merchandise inventories
Reported merchandise inventories exhibit extreme variability with both large positive and negative values, indicating substantial fluctuations in stock levels, potentially driven by changes in sales volumes or inventory management strategies.
Other current assets and Other assets
Other current assets and other assets display high volatility, with large positive and negative movements likely reflecting complex changes in receivables, prepaid expenses, or non-typical assets.
Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other current liabilities
Liabilities such as accounts payable and accrued expenses underwent significant fluctuations, including both sizable increases and decreases. These patterns may reflect changes in payment cycles, vendor terms, or operational cash management.
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities
These adjustments were substantial and variable, with some quarters exceeding 400,000 thousand US dollars, indicating large non-cash expenses and working capital changes impacting operating cash flows.
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Operating cash flow showed conspicuous variability, with several quarters displaying strong positive cash flows exceeding 300,000 thousand US dollars but also notable negative values, such as a large negative in May 2020 (-394,624) possibly related to operational difficulties or restructuring costs.
Capital expenditures
Capital expenditures were consistently negative, ranging roughly between -42,000 and -121,000 thousand US dollars per quarter. The expenses remain relatively stable, showing ongoing investments in property, plant, or equipment despite fluctuating operational performance.
Purchases and redemption of investment securities
Purchases and redemptions of held-to-maturity securities reveal episodic large transactions. For instance, purchases peaked at around -487,999 thousand US dollars in March 2019, while subsequent redemptions sometimes exceeded 300,000 thousand US dollars, suggesting active portfolio management or liquidity adjustments.
Borrowing and repayments of long-term debt
There are sporadic instances of significant debt borrowings, such as 236,400 thousand US dollars in May 2020 and 350,000 thousand in August 2021. Conversely, repayments occur irregularly and are generally lower in magnitude. This reflects debt refinancing or capital structure management activities.
Repurchase of common stock and dividend payments
Common stock repurchases occurred heavily before mid-2020 but declined substantially thereafter, with notable large buybacks in 2016-2019. Dividend payments remained relatively consistent but showed a dramatic reduction in the periods after 2019, possibly indicating dividend cuts in response to financial challenges.
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Financing cash flows demonstrated volatility with a mixture of negative and positive figures, including large outflows early on and some significant inflows in 2020 and 2022, corresponding to debt issuances and changes in capital structure or equity transactions.
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Cash balances showed large fluctuations, including sharp increases and decreases, for example, a large increase in June 2018 (332,506) and a substantial decrease in November 2021 (-484,389), reflecting irregular cash management and the impact of financing and operating activities.

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