Bed Bath & Beyond Review: Capex Not Slowing, SG&A, And Operating Margin Trend Still Ugly

9/21/17

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) is down 15% today on 8x average daily volume already, as the fiscal Q2 '18 reported last night, showed continued deterioration in any number of metrics:

1.) Comp's fell 2.6% on a decline in customer transactions, even though ecommerce rose 20% y/y again.

2.) Bed Bath & Beyond's operating margin fell 365 bp's y/y to 5.8%.

3.) Both gross and net margins were further compressed as well

4.) From my own spreadsheet, sales growth has only exceeded inventory growth once in the last 14 quarters

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