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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).


The financial trajectory across the analyzed period is characterized by a transition from stable operational profitability and consistent cash generation to a state of significant volatility and systemic losses. While the initial years showed a capacity to fund operations and shareholder returns through internal cash flows, the latter half of the period indicates a growing reliance on asset liquidation and external debt to maintain liquidity.

Operational Cash Flow and Earnings
A profound shift in profitability is observed starting in the first quarter of 2019, where net earnings transitioned from consistent quarterly profits to substantial losses. Net earnings reached severe lows, culminating in losses exceeding 360 million US dollars by August 2022. Net cash provided by operating activities followed a similar pattern of deterioration; although there were temporary recoveries in 2020, the trend shifted toward significant negative cash flow by 2021 and 2022, indicating that the core business model ceased to generate sufficient cash to cover its own operating costs.
Investment and Asset Management
Capital expenditures remained relatively steady between 2016 and 2018 but generally trended downward during the mid-period before increasing again in 2022. A strategic shift toward asset monetization is evident in 2020, highlighted by the sale of businesses and a sale-leaseback transaction in February 2020 that provided a substantial cash infusion. The management of held-to-maturity investment securities also showed high volatility, with significant redemption activity used to bolster cash positions during periods of operational decline.
Financing and Capital Structure
The approach to shareholder returns underwent a drastic change. Dividends were paid consistently at approximately 20 million US dollars per quarter until 2020, after which they were virtually eliminated. Share repurchases were a primary use of cash for several years but became erratic, with a notable spike in repurchase activity during 2021 despite falling operational cash flows. To offset these outflows and operational losses, there was a marked increase in the borrowing of long-term debt toward the end of the period, specifically in 2022, where borrowings totaled 550 million US dollars across two quarters.
Working Capital Dynamics
Significant fluctuations are observed in merchandise inventories and accounts payable, suggesting instability in supply chain management or payment terms. Large swings in inventory levels often coincided with periods of negative operational cash flow, indicating a struggle to align inventory procurement with actual sales demand. The increase in liabilities was frequently used as a temporary source of cash, though this trend became less sustainable as the company entered 2022.

Overall, the data reveals a cycle of declining operational viability where the depletion of cash from operations was initially masked by asset sales and subsequently funded by an increase in long-term debt and the cessation of dividend payments.

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