Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Bath & Body Works has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 32.75% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 149.0% year-over-year to 32.75%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 32.75% (down 149.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 33.32%, up 116.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed slipped to 32.75% in Q1 2026, from 35.99% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for BBWI reached as high as 49.97% in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 30.1% in Q3 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 35.6% (2025), against an average of 36.68%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed soared 2412 bps — and 2023, when it plunged 1986 bps.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 44.96% in 2022, then slipped by 27 bps to 32.62% in 2023, then increased by 16 bps to 37.86% in 2024, then decreased by 5 bps to 35.99% in 2025, then retreated by 9 bps to 32.75% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 32.75%, 35.99%, and 35.6% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.