Legion Partners · activist-deck
Legion Partners | Activist Presentation Deck | 168 slides
121 pages · 4 arc beats · 3 loops
Legion Partners | Activist Presentation Deck | 168 slides
Legion Partners · 2019-04 arc beats above · slides in the middle · loops below · scroll → 3 LOOPS
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4 coverage by narrative range · generated from this deck JSON
Narrative range 120 total
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The Monster 85 slides 100% 85/85 slides 100% 85/85 slides · 465 hits — 0/85 slides
24.7% 21/85 slides · 23 hits 65.9% 56/85 slides · 57 hits 100% 85/85 slides 42.4% 36/85 slides The Call 4 slides 100% 4/4 slides 100% 4/4 slides · 15 hits — 0/4 slides
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50% 2/4 slides 100% 4/4 slides — 0/4 slides
The Struggle 13 slides 100% 13/13 slides 100% 13/13 slides · 75 hits — 0/13 slides
23.1% 3/13 slides 69.2% 9/13 slides 100% 13/13 slides 7.7% 1/13 slides The Victory 18 slides 100% 18/18 slides 100% 18/18 slides · 95 hits — 0/18 slides
33.3% 6/18 slides · 7 hits 44.4% 8/18 slides 100% 18/18 slides 38.9% 7/18 slides Slide inventory
121 every slide · same image gating as the playbook
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Includes logos of Legion Partners, Macellum Capital Management, and Ancora, as well as Bed Bath & Beyond's subsidiary brands.front_matter
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Contains two quotes from activist principals (Chris Kiper and Jon Duskin) outlining the investment thesis.establish_context
Open slide detailBeat · The Call
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The slide uses a logo grid to establish credibility through past board experience.introduce_nominees
Open slide detailBeat · The Call
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The slide uses a classic activist 'problem-solution' structure.summarize
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide emphasizes the reliance on third-party resources and proprietary research due to a perceived lack of transparency in the company's public disclosures.present_framework
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a bulleted list to outline five key pillars of the investment thesis.summarize
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a timeline-integrated bar/line chart to illustrate the 'Failed Strategy and Execution' period.name_villain
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The chart uses a standard bridge/waterfall format to show margin expansion drivers.quantify_opportunity
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a grouped bar chart to highlight consistent underperformance of BBBY across all time periods shown.compare_peers
16
The slide uses a series of bar charts to demonstrate long-term underperformance relative to peers.compare_peers
17
The slide uses a downward arrow annotation to emphasize the trend.diagnose_problem
18
The chart highlights Bed Bath & Beyond in blue, contrasting it with grey bars for peers.compare_peers
19
The slide uses a downward trend line to emphasize the acceleration of margin erosion.diagnose_problem
20
The chart uses a descending order of EBITDA margins to visualize the performance gap.compare_peers
22
The chart uses a custom floating bar and dot plot to show guidance ranges vs actuals.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a combination of bar and dot charts to contrast cash outflow with share price, emphasizing that buybacks occurred at high price points.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a table to frame past acquisitions as evidence of poor capital allocation and potential self-dealing.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
27
The slide uses a list-based format to build a case for poor corporate governance and misalignment.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a stacked bar chart to visualize the accumulation of executive pay over time, framing it as a wealth transfer.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The chart highlights a negative correlation of -0.28 and notes that the CEO only had positive relative TSR in 4 out of 15 years.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The chart uses a dual-axis approach to overlay revenue (dots) on salary (bars).compare_peers
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a combination bar and dot plot to visualize the disconnect between executive pay and company performance.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses two bar charts to contrast company performance against a 'Peer Group Average' to highlight the misalignment between executive pay and shareholderexpose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a timeline to frame the board's history as a series of failures, culminating in a callout box that dismisses recent changes as reactive.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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Uses specific examples of buybuy BABY and Chef Central acquisitions to illustrate governance failures.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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Uses a table of voting results and a narrative justification to expose board entrenchment.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a direct quote from an SEC filing to frame the company's internal control failures as evidence of corruption.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a visual contrast (red shading for current directors, white for nominees) to emphasize the skill gap.compare_peers
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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Includes logos of companies associated with the nominees.introduce_nominees
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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This slide serves as a diagnostic summary of the activist's thesis regarding the company's underperformance.diagnose_problem
55
Uses Glassdoor data to benchmark Bed Bath & Beyond against retail peers.diagnose_problem
56
Includes photographic evidence of broken display screens and cluttered aisles.diagnose_problem
57
Uses thought bubbles to represent customer feedback surrounding a central image of a thoughtful customer.diagnose_problem
58
Uses photographic evidence to support the 'problem' thesis.diagnose_problem
59
Uses photographic evidence of retail shelf space to highlight merchandising failure.diagnose_problem
60
Uses photographic evidence to highlight operational inefficiency.diagnose_problem
61
Slide 61 of an activist investor deck.diagnose_problem
62
Includes a quote from an earnings call to expose management's lack of transparency regarding digital growth.diagnose_problem
63
Uses screenshots of the website as evidence of stale content.diagnose_problem
64
Includes a quote from a former employee regarding email marketing inefficiency.diagnose_problem
65
The slide uses a screenshot of a Google search results page to prove a lack of SEO/SEM presence.expose_contradiction
66
The slide uses a 'villain' critique approach by highlighting management's failure to adapt to digital marketing.diagnose_problem
67
The slide uses a contrast-based diagnostic approach to highlight UX failures.diagnose_problem
68
The slide uses a series of screenshots to illustrate a customer journey failure.diagnose_problem
69
Uses a comparative 'before-after' style layout to illustrate competitive disadvantage.diagnose_problem
70
The slide uses a waterfall-style chart to visualize year-over-year margin erosion.diagnose_problem
71
The table uses a heatmap-style ranking (1-4) to show the impact of various factors on gross margin over time.diagnose_problem
72
The chart uses adjusted gross margins to exclude occupancy and depreciation for comparability.compare_peers
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The chart uses a dual-axis approach to correlate penetration percentage with gross margin percentage.compare_peers
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The slide uses a stacked bar chart to show the impact of acquisitions on vendor count and a simple bar chart to show the decline in COGS per vendor.diagnose_problem
75
The slide uses a grid of product photos to illustrate the 'problem' of over-assortment.diagnose_problem
76
The slide uses a specific product label as evidence of supply chain inefficiency.diagnose_problem
77
The slide uses a combination of bar charts and line overlays to show absolute dollar growth and percentage of sales growth.diagnose_problem
78
The chart uses a waterfall-style bar chart to show relative performance in expense management.compare_peers
79
The chart uses quartiles to segment the peer group performance.compare_peers
80
The slide uses a dual-chart comparison to highlight the divergence between rising costs and stagnant productivity.diagnose_problem
81
The slide uses a combination of a bar chart for historical spend and a pie chart for channel mix to illustrate the inefficiency.diagnose_problem
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The chart uses an inverted Y-axis where lower numbers (closer to 1) represent higher traffic, making the downward slope a visual representation of declining perexpose_contradiction
83
The chart uses a descending bar format to emphasize the relative inefficiency of the subject company's advertising spend.compare_peers
84
The chart specifically calls out 'significant slow turning furniture mix' as a potential driver for the lower turnover rates of the target company and peers.compare_peers
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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The slide uses a dual-chart layout to contrast high capital deployment with declining returns.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
86
Uses external validation (UBS, Morgan Stanley) to frame management as unreliable.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
87
Uses a 'What they're saying now' vs 'What they've said in the past' structure to expose management inconsistency.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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Uses a side-by-side comparison frame to expose management inconsistency.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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Uses a side-by-side comparison to undermine management credibility.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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Uses a 'What they're saying now' vs 'What they've said in the past' structure to expose management inconsistency.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Monster
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Uses a 'What they're saying now' vs 'What they've said in the past' structure to highlight management's failure to deliver on long-standing promises.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Struggle
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Uses historical CEO quotes to highlight the gap between management's self-perception and actual market position.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Struggle
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Uses a 'before-after' framing to expose management's repetitive narrative.expose_contradiction
Open slide detailBeat · The Struggle
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Uses authority bias to validate the activist's position.cite_precedent
Open slide detailBeat · The Struggle
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The slide uses an external authority figure to validate the activist's position.cite_precedent
Open slide detailBeat · The Struggle
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The slide uses a 'What's Broken' framing to build a case for activist intervention.diagnose_problem
Open slide detailBeat · The Struggle
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Uses CEO quotes as authority citations to validate the thesis.establish_context
Open slide detailBeat · The Struggle
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The slide uses a dual-axis line chart to show share price and EV/EBITDA multiple over time, annotated with key strategic milestones and financial performance tacite_precedent
Open slide detailBeat · The Struggle
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The chart uses a standard waterfall bridge format to decompose EPS growth drivers.show_valuation_bridge
108
Uses a 'before-after' comparison frame to advocate for structural change in compensation.compare_peers
111
The slide outlines a retail turnaround strategy focused on SKU rationalization and vendor consolidation.plan_implementation
Open slide detailBeat · The Victory
113
The slide uses a series of photos to illustrate successful retail formats.propose_solution
Open slide detailBeat · The Victory
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Uses photographic evidence to contrast poor store layout with successful competitor merchandising strategies.compare_peers
Open slide detailBeat · The Victory
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The slide uses a Best Buy 'Geek Squad' photo as a precedent for the proposed service-oriented strategy.present_solution
Open slide detailBeat · The Victory
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The slide uses a bulleted list structure to present three main strategic pillars: marketing approach, price messaging, and opening price points.propose_solution
Open slide detailBeat · The Victory
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The table compares Bed Bath & Beyond's 'Beyond+' pricing against competitors like Amazon, Walmart, and Target.compare_peers
Open slide detailBeat · The Victory