In the last trading session, 3.25 million Bath & Body Works Inc (NYSE:BBWI) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.86. With the company’s per share price at $30.83 changed hands at -$0.39 or -1.25% during last session, the market valuation stood at $6.60B. BBWI’s last price was a discount, traded about -71.88% off its 52-week high of $52.99. The share price had its 52-week low at $24.96, which suggests the last value was 19.04% up since then. When we look at Bath & Body Works Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 4.41 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 5.79 million.
Analysts gave the Bath & Body Works Inc (BBWI) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.50. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 15 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 1 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 5 recommended BBWI as a Hold, 9 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Bath & Body Works Inc (NYSE:BBWI) trade information
Instantly BBWI was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 7.23%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -20.48%, with the 5-day performance at 7.23% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Bath & Body Works Inc (NYSE:BBWI) is -0.39% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 6.64 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 0.83 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 47, meaning bulls need an upside of 34.4% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, BBWI’s forecast low is 38 with 48 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -55.69% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -23.26% for it to hit the projected low.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 3.75%. The 2025 estimates are for Bath & Body Works Inc earnings to increase by 7.45%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 6.91% per year.
BBWI Dividends
Bath & Body Works Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Feb-26. The 2.59% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.80. It is important to note, however, that the 2.59% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 5.47 per year.
Bath & Body Works Inc (NYSE:BBWI)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.29% of Bath & Body Works Inc shares while 100.24% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 100.53%. There are 100.24% institutions holding the Bath & Body Works Inc stock share, with VANGUARD GROUP INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 12.3803% of the shares, roughly 27.48 million BBWI shares worth $1.07 billion.
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.1076% or 15.78 million shares worth $616.16 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . With 7.07 shares estimated at $218.1 million under it, the former controlled 3.30% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held about 3.14% of the shares, roughly 6.72 shares worth around $207.3 million.
