Company data sheet · Bed Bath & Beyond (DK-Butterfly-1)
Bed Bath & Beyond (DK-Butterfly-1): five lost years, and the economy wasn't the reason.
- Industry
- Home Furniture, Furnishings & Equipment Stores
- Headquarters
- United States
- Sources
- SEC filings (1995–2023), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- From profit to five straight losses. 20230930-DK-Butterfly-1 lost money every year from fiscal 2019 to 2023: $5 billion in all.
- It wasn't the cycle. The losses began in fiscal 2019 (mostly calendar 2018), a year the US economy grew 3.0%. When a company falls while its economy grows, look inside the company first.
- Left behind by its peers. From 2016 to 2022, its revenue shrank 56% in US dollars; the median among 59 large retailers grew 51%. It outgrew only 2% of them.
- Still smaller than it was. Revenue reached $5.3 billion in fiscal 2023, 57% below its fiscal 2018 peak of $12.3 billion.
- Leaders came and went. 20230930-DK-Butterfly-1 filed 41 leadership changes since 2016, more than 90% of large retailers (the median is 25).
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $12.1 billion | — | |
| 2017 | $12.2 billion | — | |
| 2018 | $12.3 billion | — | |
| 2019 | $12 billion | −$0.1 billion | |
| 2020 | $11.2 billion | −$0.6 billion | |
| 2021 | $9.2 billion | −$0.2 billion | |
| 2022 | $7.9 billion | −$0.6 billion | |
| 2023 | $5.3 billion | −$3.5 billion |
As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.
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- Market reaction to disclosed decisions: 68 decision filings since 2016, each linked to the SEC, with the share return against its sector and the S&P 500 the next day and the next year (0 with market data).
- Economic context: 7 measures for the United States, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
- Peer comparison: against 71 companies of its size in its sector.
- Financial results: ten years of revenue, operating and net income, and every annual report, linked.
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