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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (BBBY) is a leading specialty retail business with stocks listed in the US. It opened the day at US$26.23 after a previous close of US$26.29. During the day the price has varied from a low of USD25.48 to a high of USD27.06. The latest price was USD26.86 (25 minute delay). Bed Bath-and-Beyond is listed on the NASDAQ. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
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Open | US$26.23 |
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High | US$27.06 |
Low | US$25.48 |
Close | US$26.86 |
Previous close | US$26.29 |
Change | US$0.57 |
Change % | 2.1681% |
Volume | 3,626,850 |
52-week range | US$3.43 - US$53.9 |
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50-day moving average | US$27.0679 |
200-day moving average | US$19.938 |
Target price | US$27.65 |
PE ratio | N/A |
Dividend yield | US$0.17 (0.64%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | US$-5.723 |
The technical analysis gauge below displays real-time ratings for the timeframes you select. This is not a recommendation, however. It represents a technical analysis based on the most popular technical indicators: Moving Averages, Oscillators and Pivots. Finder might not concur and takes no responsibility.
Historical closes compared with the close of $26.86 on 2021-02-25
1 week (2021-02-19) | 1.47% |
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1 month (2021-01-27) | -49.22% |
3 months (2020-11-27) | 23.21% |
6 months (2020-08-27) | 125.52% |
1 year (2020-02-27) | 161.28% |
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2 years (2019-02-27) | 62.59% |
3 years (2018-02-27) | 25.75% |
5 years (2016-02-26) | -45.17% |
Valuing Bed Bath-and-Beyond stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Bed Bath-and-Beyond's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Bed Bath-and-Beyond's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.6522. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Bed Bath-and-Beyond's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Bed Bath-and-Beyond's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is US$289.1 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Bed Bath-and-Beyond's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | US$9.7 billion |
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Gross profit TTM | US$3.5 billion |
Return on assets TTM | -0.51% |
Return on equity TTM | -13.87% |
Profit margin | -2.32% |
Book value | 11.677 |
Market capitalisation | US$3.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 31.8 million Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares held short by investors – that's known as Bed Bath-and-Beyond's "short interest". This figure is 57.6% down from 74.9 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares can be evaluated.
Bed Bath-and-Beyond's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares traded daily (recently around 27.4 million). Bed Bath-and-Beyond's SIR currently stands at 1.16. In other words for every 100,000 Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1160 shares are currently held short.
However Bed Bath-and-Beyond's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares, or, against the total number of tradable Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Bed Bath-and-Beyond's short interest could be expressed as 0.26% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares in existence, roughly 260 shares are currently held short) or 0.3496% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares, roughly 350 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Bed Bath-and-Beyond.
Find out more about how you can short Bed Bath-and-Beyond stock.
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Bed Bath-and-Beyond.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 25.71
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Bed Bath-and-Beyond's overall score of 25.71 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 23rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Bed Bath-and-Beyond is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 8/100
Bed Bath-and-Beyond's environmental score of 8 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Bed Bath-and-Beyond is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 8/100
Bed Bath-and-Beyond's social score of 8 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Bed Bath-and-Beyond is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 8/100
Bed Bath-and-Beyond's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Bed Bath-and-Beyond is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Bed Bath-and-Beyond scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Bed Bath-and-Beyond has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
Total ESG score | 25.71 |
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Total ESG percentile | 22.76 |
Environmental score | 8 |
Environmental score percentile | 8 |
Social score | 8 |
Social score percentile | 8 |
Governance score | 8 |
Governance score percentile | 8 |
Level of controversy | 2 |
We're not expecting Bed Bath-and-Beyond to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Bed Bath-and-Beyond's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 14 August 2000. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Bed Bath-and-Beyond shares which in turn could have impacted Bed Bath-and-Beyond's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Bed Bath-and-Beyond's shares have ranged in value from as little as US$3.43 up to US$53.9. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Bed Bath-and-Beyond's is 1.9424. This would suggest that Bed Bath-and-Beyond's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of retail stores. The company sells a range of domestics merchandise, including bed linens and related items, bath items, and kitchen textiles; and home furnishings, such as kitchen and tabletop items, fine tabletop, basic housewares, general home furnishings, consumables, and various juvenile products. It also provides various textile products, amenities, and other goods to institutional customers in the hospitality, cruise line, healthcare, and other industries. As of February 29, 2020, the company had 1,500 stores, including 976 Bed Bath & Beyond stores in the United States and Canada; 261 stores under the names of World Market, Cost Plus World Market, or Cost Plus; 126 Buy Buy BABY stores; 81 stores under the Christmas Tree Shops, Christmas Tree Shops andThat! Names; and 53 stores under the Harmon, Harmon Face Values, or Face Values names. It also offers products through various Websites and applications, such as bedbathandbeyond.com, bedbathandbeyond.ca, harmondiscount.com, facevalues.com, christmastreeshops.com, andthat.com, buybuybaby.com, buybuybaby.ca, harborlinen.com, t-ygroup.com, worldmarket.com, personalizationmall.com, and decorist.com. In addition, it operates PersonalizationMall.com, an online retailer of personalized products; and Decorist, an online interior design platform. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Union, New Jersey.