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Exhibit 99.1

 

BED BATH & BEYOND INC. REPORTS RESULTS

FOR FISCAL FIRST QUARTER

 

·      Net Earnings per Diluted Share of $.72

·      Quarterly Net Sales Increase by Approximately 9.7%

·      Quarterly Comparable Store Sales Increase by Approximately 7.0%

·      Modeling Fiscal Second Quarter 2011 Net Earnings per Diluted Share of Approximately $.77 to $.82

·      Full Year Net Earnings per Diluted Share Modeled to Increase Approximately 15% to 20%; Previously Modeled at Approximately 10% to 15%

 

UNION, New Jersey, June 22, 2011 –– Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. today reported net earnings of $.72 per diluted share ($180.6 million) in the fiscal first quarter ended May 28, 2011, an increase of approximately 38% versus net earnings of $.52 per diluted share ($137.6 million) in the same quarter a year ago.  Net sales for the fiscal first quarter of 2011 were approximately $2.110 billion, an increase of approximately 9.7% from net sales of approximately $1.923 billion reported in the fiscal first quarter of 2010.  Comparable store sales in the fiscal first quarter of 2011 increased by approximately 7.0%, compared with an increase of approximately 8.4% in last year’s fiscal first quarter.

 

During the fiscal first quarter of 2011, the Company repurchased approximately $245 million of its common stock representing approximately 4.8 million shares. This included the completion of the $1 billion share repurchase program authorized in 2007.  As of May 28, 2011, the balance remaining of the share repurchase program authorized in December 2010 was approximately $1.892 billion dollars.

 

The Company is now modeling net earnings per diluted share to be approximately $.77 to $.82 for the fiscal second quarter of 2011 and to increase by approximately 15% to 20% for all of fiscal 2011.

 

As of May 28, 2011, the Company had a total of 1,142 stores, including 984 Bed Bath & Beyond stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada, 66 Christmas Tree Shops stores, 47 buybuy BABY stores and 45 stores under the names of Harmon or Harmon Face Values.  During the fiscal first quarter, the Company opened three Bed Bath & Beyond stores and two buybuy BABY stores and closed one Bed Bath & Beyond store and one Harmon store. Consolidated store space as of May 28, 2011 was approximately 35.2 million square feet. Since the beginning of the second quarter of fiscal 2011 on May 29, 2011, one additional Bed Bath & Beyond store, one Christmas Tree Shops store and five buybuy BABY stores have been opened.  In addition, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates two stores in the Mexico City market under the name “Home & More.”

 

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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) is a chain of retail stores, operating under the names of Bed Bath & Beyond, Christmas Tree Shops, Harmon, Harmon Face Values and buybuy BABY.  In addition, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name “Home & More.”  The Company sells a wide assortment of domestics merchandise and home furnishings.  Domestics merchandise includes categories such as bed linens and related items, bath items and kitchen textiles.  Home furnishings include categories such as kitchen and tabletop items, fine tabletop, basic housewares, general home furnishings, consumables and certain juvenile products.  Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. are traded on NASDAQ under the symbol “BBBY” and are included in the Standard and Poor’s 500 and Global 1200 Indices and the NASDAQ-100 Index.  The Company is counted among the Fortune 500 and the Forbes 2000.

 

This press release may contain forward-looking statements.  Many of these forward-looking statements can be identified by use of words such as may, will, expect, anticipate, approximate, estimate, assume, continue, model, project, plan, and similar words and phrases.  The Company’s actual results and future financial condition may differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements as a result of many factors that may be outside the Company’s control. Such factors include, without limitation: general economic conditions including the housing market, a challenging overall macroeconomic environment and related changes in the retailing environment, consumer preferences and spending habits; demographics and other macroeconomic factors that may impact the level of spending for the types of merchandise sold by the Company; unusual weather patterns; competition from existing and potential competitors; competition from other channels of distribution; pricing pressures; the cost of labor, merchandise and other costs and expenses; the ability to find suitable locations at acceptable occupancy costs to support the Company’s expansion program; the impact of failed auctions for auction rate securities held by the Company; disruptions to the Company’s information technology systems including but not limited to security breaches of the Company’s systems protecting consumer and employee information; changes to statutory, regulatory and legal requirements; changes to, or new, tax laws or interpretation of existing tax laws; and changes to, or new, accounting standards including, without limitation, changes to lease accounting standards.  The Company does not undertake any obligation to update its forward-looking statements.

 

INVESTOR CONTACTS:

 

Kenneth C. Frankel                                    (908) 855-4554

Eugene A. Castagna                                   (908) 855-4110

 



 

BED BATH & BEYOND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Earnings

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

May 28,

 

May 29,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

 

$

2,109,951

 

$

1,923,051

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

 

1,252,379

 

1,148,015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

857,572

 

775,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

568,624

 

549,642

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit

 

288,948

 

225,394

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

552

 

516

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before provision for income taxes

 

289,500

 

225,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

108,922

 

88,357

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings

 

$

180,578

 

$

137,553

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings per share - Basic

 

$

0.74

 

$

0.53

 

Net earnings per share - Diluted

 

$

0.72

 

$

0.52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic

 

245,546

 

259,400

 

Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted

 

249,799

 

263,638

 

 



 

BED BATH & BEYOND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, unaudited)

 

 

 

May 28,

 

May 29,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,228,973

 

$

1,083,985

 

Short term investment securities

 

603,901

 

560,174

 

Merchandise inventories

 

2,083,008

 

1,846,140

 

Other current assets

 

363,665

 

292,054

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current assets

 

4,279,547

 

3,782,353

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long term investment securities

 

118,343

 

133,835

 

Property and equipment, net

 

1,108,621

 

1,103,367

 

Other assets

 

311,022

 

341,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,817,533

 

$

5,361,026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

844,247

 

$

678,685

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

301,477

 

271,193

 

Merchandise credit and gift card liabilities

 

192,250

 

175,404

 

Current income taxes payable

 

111,418

 

89,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

1,449,392

 

1,214,682

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred rent and other liabilities

 

304,465

 

257,312

 

Income taxes payable

 

127,899

 

105,813

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

1,881,756

 

1,577,807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

3,935,777

 

3,783,219

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,817,533

 

$

5,361,026

 

 



 

BED BATH & BEYOND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands, unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

May 28,

 

May 29,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings

 

$

180,578

 

$

137,553

 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

44,221

 

45,013

 

Stock-based compensation

 

13,717

 

11,836

 

Tax benefit from stock-based compensation

 

(3,897

)

(2,679

)

Deferred income taxes

 

(14,042

)

(1,303

)

Other

 

(454

)

(304

)

(Increase) decrease in assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Merchandise inventories

 

(114,101

)

(86,437

)

Trading investment securities

 

(1,670

)

(1,139

)

Other current assets

 

(10,726

)

(19,122

)

Other assets

 

399

 

128

 

Increase (decrease) in liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

139,926

 

77,767

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

(5,558

)

(10,681

)

Merchandise credit and gift card liabilities

 

(811

)

2,600

 

Income taxes payable

 

26,605

 

7,957

 

Deferred rent and other liabilities

 

4,147

 

11,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

258,334

 

172,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of held-to-maturity investment securities

 

(365,491

)

(377,860

)

Redemption of held-to-maturity investment securities

 

365,625

 

217,520

 

Redemption of available-for-sale investment securities

 

7,050

 

30,850

 

Capital expenditures

 

(33,142

)

(39,032

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(25,958

)

(168,522

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

 

57,629

 

68,364

 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

 

249

 

962

 

Repurchase of common stock, including fees

 

(244,868

)

(85,202

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(186,990

)

(15,876

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

45,386

 

(12,115

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

1,183,587

 

1,096,100

 

End of period

 

$

1,228,973

 

$

1,083,985