BED BATH&BEYOND (BBBY) Price: $60.30

Industry: Nonfood Retail-WholesaleChaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Fri Jul 08 15:56 EDT 2011

BED BATH&BEYOND

BBBY$60.30

Expert Opinions

Price/Volume Activity

Earnings Performance

Financial Metrics

Power Gauge Rating

BBBY BED BATH&BEY..

News Sentiment :Positive

June 22, 2011

News Sentiment Rating

Bullish

Chaikin Sentiment GaugeTM

for BBBY is bullish. There is currently a significantpositive sentiment within news stories concerning BBBY.

Power Trend - 5 Year Chart

The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential. High Potential Neutral Low Potential

BBBY - Very Bullish

The Chaikin Power Gauge RatingTM

for BBBY is very bullish due to verypositive expert opinions, strong earnings performance and bullish price/volumeactivity.

Expert opinions about BBBY are very positive which is evidenced by analystsrevising earnings estimates upward and optimistic analyst opinions.

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Financials & Earnings

Business Value

Price to Sales Ratio

Return on Equity

Price to Book Value

LT Debt/Equity Ratio

Financial Metrics Financial Metrics Rating

Assets and Liabilities Valuation Returns

Neutral

BBBY's financial metrics are neutral. The company does not hold much long termdebt and may be overvalued.

The rank is based on a low long term debt to equity ratio, high price to book valueratio, high return on equity, high price to sales ratio and relatively high cash flow.

Ratio TTM

Current Ratio 2.95

LT Debt/Equity 0.00

Ratio TTM

Price/Book 3.82

Price/Sales 1.72

Ratio TTM

Return on Invest 21.6%

Return on Equity 21.6%

Earnings Consistency

Projected P/E Ratio

Earnings Trend

Earnings Surprise

Earnings Growth

Earnings Performance Earnings Performance Rating

5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth EPS Estimates

EPS Surprise EPS Quarterly Results

Bullish

BBBY's earnings performance has been strong. The company has a history ofstrong earnings growth and has outperformed analysts' earnings estimates.

The rank is based on high earnings growth over the past 3-5 years, better thanexpected earnings in recent quarters and consistent earnings over the past 5years.

02/07 02/08 02/09 02/10 02/11

Revenue(M) 6,617.43 7,048.94 7,208.34 7,828.79 8,758.50

Rev % Growth 13.91% 6.52% 2.26% 8.61% 11.88%

EPS $2.12 $2.13 $1.66 $2.33 $3.11

EPS % Growth 8.72% 0.47% -22.07% 40.36% 33.48%

Factor Actual EPS Prev EST EPS Current Change

Quarterly EPS $0.71 $0.83 +0.12

Yearly EPS $3.11 $3.67 +0.56

Factor Actual EPS Growth Est EPS Growth Change

3-5 year EPS 8.63% 13.62% +4.99

Estimate Actual Difference % Difference

Latest Qtr $0.62 $0.72 $0.10 16.13

1 Qtr Ago $0.97 $1.12 $0.15 15.46

2 Qtr Ago $0.66 $0.74 $0.08 12.12

3 Qtr Ago $0.63 $0.70 $0.07 11.11

FY Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Total

02/09 $0.34 $0.53 $0.59 $0.88 $2.34

02/10 $0.53 $0.71 $0.75 $1.14 $3.13

02/11 $0.74 - - - -

Fiscal Year End Month is February.

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Price Trend & Expert Opinions

Volume Trend

Price Trend ROC

Price Trend

Chaikin Money Flow

Relative Strength vs Market

Price/Volume Activity Price/Volume Activity Rating

Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index

Chart shows whether BBBY is performing better or worse than the market.

Chaikin Money Flow

Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.

Price Activity Price Activity Volume Activity

Bullish

Price and volume activity for BBBY is bullish. BBBY has a rising price trend andhas outperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks.

The rank for BBBY is based on its price strength versus the market, a positiveChaikin price trend and a negative Chaikin price trend ROC.

Factor Value

52 Week High 60.31

52 Week Low 35.96

% Change YTD Rel S&P 500 13.44%

Factor Value

% Change Price - 4 Weeks 12.79%

% Change Price - 24 Weeks 25.67%

% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P 7.44%

% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P 18.90%

Factor Value

Average Volume 20 Days 3,258,175

Average Volume 90 Days 3,069,289

Chaikin Money Flow Persistency 49%

Relative Strength vs Industry

Analyst Opinions

Insider Activity

Short Interest

Earnings Estimate Revisions

Expert Opinions Expert Opinions

Earnings Estimate Revisions Analyst Recommendations EPS Estimates Revision Summary

Very Bullish

Expert opinions about BBBY are very positive. Analysts are raising their EPSestimates for BBBY and analysts's opinions on BBBY have been more positiverecently.

The rank for BBBY is based on analysts revising earnings estimates upward, alow short interest ratio, insiders purchasing stock, optimistic analyst opinions andprice strength of the stock versus the Nonfood Retail-Wholesale industry group.

Current 7 Days Ago % Change

Current Qtr 0.83 0.83 0.00%

Next Qtr 0.86 0.86 0.00%

Current 30 Days Ago % Change

Current FY 3.67 3.53 0.14

Factor Value

Mean this Week Buy

Mean Last Week Buy

Change 0.00

Mean 5 Weeks Ago Buy

Last Week Last 4 Weeks

Up Down Up Down

Curr Qtr 0 0 12 0

Curr Yr 0 0 20 0

Next Qtr 0 0 12 2

Next Yr 0 0 18 0

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The Company & Its Competitors

BBBY's Competitors in Nonfood Retail-Wholesale

Company Power Historic EPS Projected EPS Profit Margin PEG PE Revenue(M)Gauge growth growth

BBBY 8.63% 13.62% 9.33% 1.21 18.39 8,758

DKS 13.39% 16.63% 3.92% 1.26 23.75 4,871

SPLS 9.01% 14.00% 3.61% 0.83 12.42 24,545

BKS 6.90% - -1.06% - - 6,999

ODP -3.70% 11.00% -0.08% - - 11,633

OMX -4.68% 11.50% 0.80% 1.05 12.33 7,150

PETM 8.68% 14.38% 4.41% 1.32 21.27 5,694

News Headlines for BBBY

Bed Bath & Beyond's 1Q profit jumps 31 percent- Jun 22, 2011

Big recall of gel fuel for firepots - Jun 22, 2011

CPSC Sunbeam recall 02 03 - Feb 3, 2011

Ahead of the Bell: Bed Bath & Beyond - Dec 23,2010

CPSC candle recall 12 07 - Dec 7, 2010

Company Details Company Profile

BED BATH&BEYOND650 LIBERTY AVENUEUNION, NJ 07081USAPhone: 2013791520Fax: 908-688-6483Website:http://http://www.bedbathandbeyond.comFull Time Employees: 45,000Sector: Retail/Wholesale

Bed Bath & Beyond is a nationwide operator of superstores selling predominantly betterquality domestics merchandise and home furnishings typically found in better departmentstores. The Company offers a wide assortment of merchandise at everyday low pricesthat are substantially below regular department store prices and generally comparable toor below department store sale prices. The Company's domestics merchandise lineincludes items such as bed linens, bath accessories and kitchen textiles, and thecompany's home furnishings line.

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