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Jaime Katz
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Promotional cadence crimps Bed Bath’s profit; inability to take price reinforces our no-moat rating.

Third-quarter results for no-moat Bed Bath & Beyond were largely in line with our expectations. While sales and earnings per share tipped slightly higher than our forecast, at $2.95 billion and $0.44, respectively (versus our implied estimates of $2.91 billion and $0.41), the company maintained its full-year outlook for $3.00 in EPS, which is in line with our prior $2.98 estimate (implying comps that decline at a low-single-digit clip in the fourth quarter). We don’t plan any material change...
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