Bath & Body Works Inc (NYSE: BBWI) is -11.66% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $26.20 and a high of $52.99 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BBWI stock was last observed hovering at around $35.33 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.08%.
Currently trading at $34.25, the stock is -9.04% and -9.07% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.72 million and changing -3.06% at the moment leaves the stock -5.10% off its SMA200. BBWI registered -25.05% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 10.48%.
The stock witnessed a -8.93% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.60%, and is -15.70% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.42% over the week and 4.16% over the month.
Bath & Body Works Inc (BBWI) has around 57157 employees, a market worth around $7.42B and $7.43B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 8.35 and Fwd P/E is 8.55. Profit margin for the company is 12.43%. Distance from 52-week low is 30.70% and -35.36% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (27.30%).
with sales reaching $1.42B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 9.91% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.64% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 2.77% in year-over-year returns.
Bath & Body Works Inc (BBWI) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 216.58M, and float is at 213.90M with Short Float at 2.14%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 27.48 million shares valued at $1.07 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.2152% of the BBWI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 15.78 million shares valued at $$616.16 million to account for 7.0128 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are THIRD POINT LLC which holds 11.97 million shares representing 5.3941% and valued at over $467.62 million, while LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC holds 5.0971 of the shares totaling 11.32 million with a market value of $441.87 million.
Bath & Body Works Inc (BBWI) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Bath & Body Works Inc (BBWI) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times.
Bath & Body Works Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Oct 09 ’24 that Boswell Gina (Chief Executive Officer) bought a total of 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Oct 09 ’24 and was made at $29.64 per share for $0.18 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.24 million shares of the BBWI stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 18 ’24, Nash Sarah E (Director) disposed off 48,000 shares at an average price of $41.50 for $1.99 million. The insider now directly holds 149,202 shares of Bath & Body Works Inc (BBWI).
Bath & Body Works Inc (BBWI): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) that is trading 17.46% up over the past 12 months. Target Corp. (TGT) that is -32.50% lower over the same period.
