The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Bath & Body Works Inc (NYSE: BBWI)

Bath & Body Works Inc (NYSE:BBWI) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.81M but it saw 4526570 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 6.64B USD, the company’s current market price of $31.17 came falling about -6.84 while comparing to the previous closing price of $33.46. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $52.99 and as low as $24.96.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Piper Sandler which upgraded the stock as “Overweight” in its note to investors issued on April 09, 2025, recommending a price target of $35 for it. Citigroup upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on February 28, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $40-$48. Barclays also issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $34 and $43.

Over the week, BBWI’s stock price is moving -8.40% down while it is 8.42% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -19.60% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -37.86%.

Currently, Bath & Body Works Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 216.00M with 0.29% of that held by the insiders while 100.77% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 23.60%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 8.57 while having a 8.00 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.77. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.91. Its return on asset (ROA) is 15.44% on average.