For the quarter ended October 2025, Bath & Body Works (BBWI) reported revenue of $1.59 billion, down 1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.35, compared to $0.49 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.63 billion, representing a surprise of -2.02%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -12.5%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.40.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Bath & Body Works performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total Company-Operated Stores - Total Bath & Body Works - Total - Stores (EOP): 1,934 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 1,915.
- Total Company-Operated Stores - Total Bath & Body Works - Canada - Stores (EOP): 113 compared to the 113 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Total Company-Operated Stores - Total Bath & Body Works - United States - Stores (EOP): 1,821 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1,801.
- Geographic Net Sales- Stores - U.S. and Canada: $1.22 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.26 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +0.2%.
- Geographic Net Sales- International: $73 million compared to the $73.07 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +5.8% year over year.
- Geographic Net Sales- Direct - U.S. and Canada: $299 million compared to the $309.39 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -6.9% year over year.
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Shares of Bath & Body Works have returned -19.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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