BED BATH & BEYOND INC. 
By UNION, N.J., Jan. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. today reported net earnings of $1.12 per diluted share ($237.2 million) in the fiscal third quarter ended November 30, 2013, an increase of approximately 8.7% versus net earnings of $1.03 per diluted share ($232.8 million) in the same quarter a year ago. Net sales for the fiscal third quarter of 2013 were approximately $2.865 billion, an increase of approximately 6.0% from net sales of approximately $2.702 billion reported in the fiscal third quarter of 2012. Comparable store sales in the fiscal third quarter of 2013 increased by approximately 1.3%, compared with an increase of approximately 1.7% in last year's fiscal third quarter.
During the fiscal third quarter of 2013, the Company repurchased approximately $171 million of its common stock, representing approximately 2.3 million shares. As of November 30, 2013, the remaining balance of the existing share repurchase program authorized in December 2012 was approximately $1.7 billion.
For the fiscal nine months ended November 30, 2013, the Company reported net earnings of $3.20 per diluted share ($689.0 million), an increase of approximately 10.7% over net earnings of $2.89 per diluted share ($663.9 million) in the corresponding period a year ago. Net sales for the fiscal nine months of 2013 were approximately $8.301 billion, an increase of approximately 10.5% from net sales of approximately $7.513 billion in the corresponding period a year ago. Comparable store sales for both the fiscal nine months of 2013 and the fiscal nine months of 2012 increased by approximately 2.7%.
The Company is now modeling net earnings per diluted share to be approximately $1.60 to $1.67 for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2013, as compared to our previous model of $1.70 to $1.77, and to be approximately $4.79 to $4.86 for the full year, which will include Cost Plus, Inc. ("World Market") and Linen Holdings for all of fiscal 2013, as compared to our previous model of $4.88 to $5.01. The modeling of net earnings per diluted share is based upon a number of planning assumptions which will be described in the Company's third quarter of fiscal 2013 conference call. Information regarding access to the call is available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website, www.bedbathandbeyond.com.
The accompanying consolidated financial information for fiscal 2013 includes the accounts of Linen Holdings and World Market from the beginning of the fiscal year and for fiscal 2012, includes the accounts of Linen Holdings since the date of its acquisition on June 1, 2012 and World Market since the date of its acquisition on June 29, 2012. Linen Holdings is excluded from the comparable store sales calculations and will continue to be excluded on an ongoing basis because it represents non-retail activity. World Market was excluded from the comparable store sales calculations through the end of the fiscal first half of 2013 and is included beginning with the fiscal third quarter of 2013.
As of November 30, 2013, the Company had a total of 1,491 stores, including 1,011 Bed Bath & Beyond stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada, 269 stores under the names of World Market, Cost Plus World Market or Cost Plus, 86 buybuy BABY stores, 76 stores under a combination of the names of Christmas Tree Shops or andThat!, and 49 stores under the names of Harmon or Harmon Face Values. During the fiscal third quarter, the Company opened five Bed Bath & Beyond stores, two stores under a combination of the names Christmas Tree Shops or andThat! and three World Market stores as well as closed three Bed Bath & Beyond stores. Consolidated store space, net of openings and closings for all our concepts, as of November 30, 2013 was approximately 42.5 million square feet. In addition, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates four stores in the Mexico City market under the name Bed Bath & Beyond which includes one store opened since the beginning of the fiscal fourth quarter of 2013.
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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") operates a chain of retail stores under the names of Bed Bath & Beyond, World Market, Cost Plus World Market, Cost Plus, a combination of the names Christmas Tree Shops or andThat!, Harmon, Harmon Face Values and buybuy BABY. The Company is also a partner in a joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name Bed Bath & Beyond. Through its retail stores, 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. Additionally, the Company includes Linen Holdings, a provider of a variety of textile products, amenities and other goods to institutional customers in the hospitality, cruise line, food service, healthcare and other industries. 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. 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; civil disturbances and terrorist acts; unusual weather patterns and natural disasters; competition from existing and potential competitors; competition from other channels of distribution; pricing pressures; the ability to attract and retain qualified employees in all areas of the organization; the cost of labor, merchandise and other costs and expenses; the ability to find suitable locations at acceptable occupancy costs and other terms to support the Company's expansion program; uncertainty in financial markets; 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; reputational risk arising from the acts of third parties; changes to statutory, regulatory and legal requirements; new, or developments in existing, litigation, claims or assessments; changes to, or new, tax laws or interpretation of existing tax laws; changes to, or new, accounting standards including, without limitation, changes to lease accounting standards; and the integration of acquired businesses. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update its forward-looking statements.
BED BATH & BEYOND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Earnings
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
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November 30, November 24, November 30, November 24,
2013 2012 2013 2012
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Net sales $2,864,837 $2,701,801 $8,300,649 $7,513,108
Cost of sales 1,743,147 1,627,791 5,032,504 4,519,230
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Gross profit 1,121,690 1,074,010 3,268,145 2,993,878
Selling, general and administrative expenses 747,043 712,361 2,180,631 1,953,694
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Operating profit 374,647 361,649 1,087,514 1,040,184
Interest income (expense), net 1,314 (3,122) (586) (3,909)
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Earnings before provision for income taxes 375,961 358,527 1,086,928 1,036,275
Provision for income taxes 138,764 125,777 397,937 372,359
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Net earnings $237,197 $232,750 $688,991 $663,916
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Net earnings per share - Basic $1.13 $1.04 $3.24 $2.93
Net earnings per share - Diluted $1.12 $1.03 $3.20 $2.89
Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic 209,704 223,687 212,430 226,362
Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted 212,315 226,661 215,116 229,551
BED BATH & BEYOND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, unaudited)
November November
30, 24,
2013 2012
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Assets
Current assets:
Cash and
cash
equivalents $471,064 $672,262
Short term
investment
securities 223,114 112,450
Merchandise
inventories 2,881,561 2,763,907
Other
current
assets 478,865 419,234
Total
current
assets 4,054,604 3,967,853
Long term investment securities 87,021 74,668
Property and equipment, net 1,523,253 1,433,592
Goodwill 486,279 492,217
Other assets 393,332 418,506
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$6,544,489 $6,386,836
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Liabilities and Shareholders'
Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts
payable $1,145,281 $1,088,651
Accrued
expenses
and other
current
liabilities 417,073 423,202
Merchandise
credit
and gift
card
liabilities 267,332 235,789
Current
income
taxes
payable 3,674 89,271
Total
current
liabilities 1,833,360 1,836,913
Deferred rent and other
liabilities 493,845 479,164
Income taxes payable 87,456 93,637
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Total
liabilities 2,414,661 2,409,714
Total shareholders' equity 4,129,828 3,977,122
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$6,544,489 $6,386,836
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BED BATH & BEYOND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands, unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
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November November
30, 24,
2013 2012
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Cash Flows from Operating
Activities:
Net earnings $688,991 $663,916
Adjustments
to
reconcile
net
earnings to
net cash
provided by
operating
activities:
Depreciation 160,672 139,411
Stock-based
compensation 42,078 34,591
Tax benefit
from stock-
based
compensation 12,676 13,056
Deferred
income
taxes 6,275 (13,897)
Other (1,007) 826
Increase in
assets, net
of effect
of
acquisitions:
Merchandise
inventories (415,347) (496,100)
Trading
investment
securities (10,702) (3,508)
Other
current
assets (101,907) (86,975)
Other assets (5,478) (10,655)
Increase
(decrease) in
liabilities,
net of effect
of
acquisitions:
Accounts
payable 244,761 292,305
Accrued
expenses
and other
current
liabilities 24,301 8,398
Merchandise
credit and
gift card
liabilities 15,851 21,196
Income taxes
payable (66,284) 32,110
Deferred
rent and
other
liabilities 7,056 12,742
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Net cash
provided by
operating
activities 601,936 607,416
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Cash Flows from Investing
Activities:
Purchase of
held-to-
maturity
investment
securities (682,339) (393,578)
Redemption
of held-
to-
maturity
investment
securities 909,375 1,031,249
Redemption
of
available-
for-sale
investment
securities - 31,715
Capital
expenditures (228,928) (238,405)
Investment
in
unconsolidated
joint
venture (3,436) -
Payment for
acquisitions,
net of cash
acquired - (643,098)
Payment for
acquisition
of
trademarks - (40,000)
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Net cash
used in
investing
activities (5,328) (252,117)
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Cash Flows from Financing
Activities:
Proceeds
from
exercise of
stock
options 54,431 31,660
Excess tax
benefit
from stock-
based
compensation 7,293 3,885
Payment for
credit
facility
assumed in
acquisition - (25,511)
Repurchase
of common
stock,
including
fees (752,239) (696,237)
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Net cash
used in
financing
activities (690,515) (686,203)
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Net decrease
in cash and
cash
equivalents (93,907) (330,904)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of
period 564,971 1,003,166
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End of
period $471,064 $672,262
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SOURCE Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
