What happened Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) shares trounced the market last month: The stock gained 28% compared to a 2% increase in the S&P 500, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The rally put the stock -- which at one point in 2019 was down by more than 30% -- back into positive territory for the year. Image source: Getty Images. So what October was a busy month for the struggling retailing chain. The company on Oct. 2 revealed mostly bad operating news for its fiscal fourth quarter. Sales fell 7% as its customer traffic declined and its market share shrunk. However, investors saw faint reasons for optimism in the fact that gross profit margin inched higher. Bed Bath & Beyond also took a large inventory writedown charge that should give it more flexibility heading into the holiday shopping season. The bigger news was the retailer's announcement that it found a new CEO in Mark Tritton, who takes over in early November. Now what Investors are optimistic that Tritton will take the types of bold steps that will be required to turn the business around, including aggressive store closures and cost restructuring. Yet the management team faces huge, persistent challenges across the business, and so investors might want to wait for more clarity before jumping into this volatile stock. 10 stocks we like better than Bed Bath & BeyondWhen investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has quadrupled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and Bed Bath & Beyond wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of June 1, 2019 Demitrios Kalogeropoulos has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Source