Growth Metrics

Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Bath & Body Works has reported Operating Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 21.99% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 234.0% to 21.99% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 15.44% through Jan 2026, down 188.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 15.44% for FY2026, 188.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 21.99% for Q1 2026 at Bath & Body Works, up from 10.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 29.04% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 10.1% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 14.15% (2023), against an average of 16.58%.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin plummeted -1174bps in 2022 and then surged 156bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 12.59% in 2022, then increased by 12bps to 14.15% in 2023, then dropped by -4bps to 13.54% in 2024, then fell by -25bps to 10.1% in 2025, then soared by 118bps to 21.99% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BBWI's Operating Margin are 21.99% (Q1 2026), 10.1% (Q4 2025), and 10.14% (Q3 2025).