Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Bath & Body Works (BBWI) reported Gross Margin of 45.67% for Q1 2026, down 101.0% year-over-year from 4566.81% in Q1 2025, and up 10.63% quarter-over-quarter from 41.28% in Q4 2025.

Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Bath & Body Works (BBWI) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 45.67% in Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 45.67%, down 101.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 43.73% (down 52.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 43.74%, down 52.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin climbed to 45.67% in Q1 2026 per BBWI's latest filing, from 41.28% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 47.77% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 39.9% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 43.59% and a median of 43.48% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Gross Margin slumped 780 bps in 2022, then surged 265 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 42.27% in 2022, then rose by 3 bps to 43.66% in 2023, then decreased by 0 bps to 43.48% in 2024, then retreated by 5 bps to 41.28% in 2025, then gained by 11 bps to 45.67% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BBWI's Gross Margin at 45.67% in Q1 2026, 41.28% in Q4 2025, and 41.32% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 28.23 Bn 27.77 Bn 1.01 Bn 25.70%
2 Williams Sonoma 25.94 Bn 24.92 Bn 1.10 Bn 46.87%
3 Ulta Beauty 21.42 Bn 20.93 Bn 1.48 Bn 38.06%
4 Dick'S Sporting Goods 18.30 Bn 16.95 Bn 1.77 Bn 28.43%
5 Best Buy 15.81 Bn 14.06 Bn 2.10 Bn 23.52%
6 Tractor Supply 15.78 Bn 15.56 Bn 1.30 Bn 36.22%
7 NaaS Technology 14.29 Bn 14.27 Bn - -
8 Five Below 10.51 Bn 9.58 Bn 696.98 Mn 40.32%
9 Murphy USA 10.28 Bn 10.16 Bn 3.98 Bn 82.59%
10 Bath & Body Works 4.09 Bn 3.14 Bn 1.24 Bn 45.67%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 45.67%
Nov 1, 2025 41.28%
Aug 2, 2025 41.32%
May 3, 2025 45.37%
Feb 1, 2025 46.68%
Nov 2, 2024 43.48%
Aug 3, 2024 41.02%
May 4, 2024 43.79%
Feb 3, 2024 45.91%
Oct 28, 2023 43.66%
Jul 29, 2023 39.90%
Apr 29, 2023 42.69%
Jan 28, 2023 43.27%
Oct 29, 2022 42.27%
Jul 30, 2022 40.79%
Apr 30, 2022 46.14%
Jan 29, 2022 47.77%
Oct 30, 2021 49.91%
Jul 31, 2021 48.59%
May 1, 2021 50.48%