Bath & Body Works Overview
Valuation check: BBWI's ROE is -64.17%, below the Consumer Discretionary sector average of 23.6%.
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Return on Equity measures how efficiently a company uses shareholders' equity to generate profits. A higher ROE indicates better profitability relative to equity.
Bath & Body Works posts a ROE of -64.17%. That is below the Consumer Discretionary sector average of 23.6%. Comparing that reading with peers and prior periods is usually more useful than looking at the number in isolation.
For Consumer Discretionary stocks, a ROE near 23.6% is typical. Bath & Body Works's -64.17% is lower that level. That is roughly 371.9% below the sector mean. Whether that is a warning or an opportunity depends on growth outlook and other fundamentals shown elsewhere on Stockcircle.
Bath & Body Works's ROE moves when the underlying profit, equity, or asset base changes. Cost cuts, pricing power, buybacks, write-downs, and cyclical swings can all shift the percentage. The latest reading is -64.17%; use YoY and peer views to separate noise from signal.
Context for BBWI's ROE usually means three checks: (1) trend versus prior periods, (2) level versus peers (average 23.6%), and (3) consistency with growth and profitability. This page covers the first two; Bath & Body Works's other metric pages and overview cover the third.
Judging Bath & Body Works against Consumer Discretionary peers is usually better than using a market-wide rule of thumb. Business models inside Consumer Discretionary are more comparable, which makes gaps in ROE easier to interpret. Start with -64.17% here, then scan peer and history charts to see if the gap is persistent.
