BBWI vs. CHWY, SFM, BURL, BJ, ACI, GAP, MUSA, FND, VIPS, and OLLI
Should you be buying Bath & Body Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bath & Body Works include Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Burlington Stores (BURL), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), GAP (GAP), Murphy USA (MUSA), Floor & Decor (FND), Vipshop (VIPS), and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Bath & Body Works vs. Its Competitors
Chewy (NYSE:CHWY) and Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Chewy received 188 more outperform votes than Bath & Body Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.11% of users gave Chewy an outperform vote while only 44.10% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote.
Chewy has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bath & Body Works has a net margin of 12.43% compared to Chewy's net margin of 3.51%. Chewy's return on equity of 24.47% beat Bath & Body Works' return on equity.
In the previous week, Chewy had 55 more articles in the media than Bath & Body Works. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Chewy and 8 mentions for Bath & Body Works. Bath & Body Works' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Chewy's score of 0.45 indicating that Bath & Body Works is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.1% of Chewy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Chewy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bath & Body Works has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chewy. Bath & Body Works is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chewy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chewy currently has a consensus target price of $43.72, indicating a potential upside of 5.32%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.44%. Given Bath & Body Works' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bath & Body Works is more favorable than Chewy.
Summary
Chewy beats Bath & Body Works on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BBWI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:BBWI) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
