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How Bath & Body Works, Inc. stacks up
BBWI · against 304 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
98/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #11 of 305 · scores higher than 95% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score43 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including BBWI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 98?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 87% of peers. Operating margin: 16.7% vs peer median 6.4%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on assets: 15.1% vs peer median 3.3%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on invested capital: 54.0% vs peer median 7.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BBWI, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BBWI | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 290 reported | 54.0% | 9.9% | 93% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 305 reported | 16.7% | 9.1% | 85% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 289 reported | 15.1% | 4.4% | 95% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 276 reported | Not reported | 12.0% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 307 reported | 43.0% | 30.5% | 71% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BBWI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 358.0B INR (≈$4.3B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 2 | 981.2B JPY (≈$6.7B) | 99 | 67 | |
| 2 | 106.7B TWD (≈$3.3B) | 99 | 71 | |
| 2 | 4.6B USD | 99 | 80 | |
| 2 | 2.4B USD | 99 | 65 | |
| 2 | 4.4B USD | 99 | 49 | |
| 11 | 50.6B HKD (≈$6.5B) | 98 | 84 | |
| 11 | 404.0B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 98 | 90 | |
| 11 | 6.7B USD | 98 | 65 | |
| 11 | 4.6B USD | 98 | 56 | |
| 11 | 6.1B USD | 98 | 53 | |
| 11 | 3.9B USD | 98 | 59 | |
| 11 | 2.8B EUR (≈$3.1B) | 98 | 64 | |
| 18 | 1.09T JPY (≈$7.4B) | 97 | 71 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score