Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bath & Body Works in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BBWI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BBWI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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20 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Bath & Body Works' stock. Their BBWI share price forecasts range from $37.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $46.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.9% from the stock's current price.
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Bath & Body Works' stock was trading at $42.14 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BBWI stock has decreased by 12.5% and is now trading at $36.89.
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Bath & Body Works saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,690,000 shares, a decline of 10.0% from the April 30th total of 9,660,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 3.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 16th 2023.
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Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE:BBWI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 18th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.26 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.39 billion. Bath & Body Works had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.65% and a net margin of 9.67%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.64 EPS.

Bath & Body Works announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, June 16th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 1st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) stock in their portfolio include WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund (WTV), LeaderShares Activist Leaders ETF (ACTV), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RCD), Argent Mid Cap ETF (AMID), AAM S&P 500 High Dividend Value ETF (SPDV), Global X Guru Index ETF (GURU), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) and Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (DSMC).

Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.17%. The dividend payout ratio is 25.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BBWI will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.68% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Bath & Body Works updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.68-$3.08 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.89. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Bath & Body Works trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BBWI."

Bath & Body Works' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.46%), State Street Corp (4.10%), Steadfast Capital Management LP (2.10%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.07%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.62%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.61%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert H Schottenstein, Thomas E Mazurek and Wendy C Arlin.
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Shares of BBWI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BBWI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.89.

Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) has a market capitalization of $8.44 billion and generates $7.56 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $800 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.16 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 57,200 workers across the globe.

Bath & Body Works' mailing address is PO Box 16000, Columbus, Ohio 43216-6000. The official website for the company is www.lb.com. The company can be reached via phone at (614) 415-7000, via email at investorrelations@lb.com, or via fax at 614-415-7080.