Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Bath & Body Works (BBWI) reported Operating Expenses of $476 million for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), down 1.4% from $483 million a year earlier.
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Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 1, 2026, Bath & Body Works' Operating Expenses came in at $2.1 billion, up 3.8% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at $2.06 billion, up 4.8% from FY2025.
- Operating Expenses has increased for six consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6.7% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Operating Expenses came in at $1.97 billion in FY2025 (+0.9%), $1.95 billion in FY2024 (+3.8%), $1.88 billion in FY2023 (+1.8%) and $1.85 billion in FY2022 (+23.7%).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Operating Expenses since fiscal Q1 2026.
- Year over year, Operating Expenses gained in five of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 2.9%.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Expenses in five years was fiscal Q3 2023 (growth of 10.7%); the low point was fiscal Q2 2023 (a decline of 5.9%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 337.81 Bn | 293.80 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 6.33 Bn |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 68.01 Bn | 63.06 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 2.13 Bn |
| 3 | Kenvue | 33.93 Bn | 29.54 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 1.60 Bn |
| 4 | Estee Lauder Companies | 33.63 Bn | 21.70 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 2.78 Bn |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 32.41 Bn | 29.73 Bn | 1.60 Bn | - |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.35 Bn | 20.88 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 252.20 Mn |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.80 Bn | 8.24 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 330.00 Mn |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 5.95 Bn | 4.92 Bn | 398.84 Mn | 280.32 Mn |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.56 Bn | 4.22 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 107.00 Mn |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 3.22 Bn | 872.86 Mn | 692.00 Mn | 476.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 476.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 645.00 Mn |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 497.00 Mn |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 483.00 Mn |
| May 3, 2025 | 437.00 Mn |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 623.00 Mn |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 482.00 Mn |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 443.00 Mn |
| May 4, 2024 | 419.00 Mn |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 641.00 Mn |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 461.00 Mn |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 434.00 Mn |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 415.00 Mn |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 597.00 Mn |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 476.00 Mn |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 418.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 389.00 Mn |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 567.00 Mn |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 430.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 444.00 Mn |
API Access
Bath & Body Works Operating Expenses API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=BBWI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "BBWI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=BBWI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();