Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. shares traded lower on Thursday, after the company posted weaker-than-expected same store sales over its fiscal second quarter, and lowered its full-year earnings guidance.
For the three months ending August, the home furnishings retail company’s adjusted earnings decreased -10.5% year-over-year to 34 cents per share, but was still 5 cents ahead of the Street consensus expectation.
Net sales fell -7.3% to $2.7 billion, slightly below analysts' estimates of $2.76 billion.
Same store sales declined -6.7%, compared to the - 5.4% decrease that investors had been expecting.
Looking into the full-year 2019, Bed Bath & Beyond is expecting earnings to range between $2.08 and $2.13 per share, down from its previous forecast of $2.11 to $2.20.
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The Tickeron Valuation Rating of (best 1 - 100 worst) indicates that the company is fair valued in the industry. This rating compares market capitalization estimated by our proprietary formula with the current market capitalization. This rating is based on the following metrics, as compared to industry averages: P/B Ratio (2.060) is normal, around the industry mean (6.532). P/E Ratio (0.000) is within average values for comparable stocks, (44.218). BBBY's Projected Growth (PEG Ratio) (0.000) is slightly lower than the industry average of (1.360). Dividend Yield (0.000) settles around the average of (0.077) among similar stocks. P/S Ratio (0.278) is also within normal values, averaging (1.525).
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The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
an operator of chain of home furnishings stores
Industry InternetRetail