Consider This Before Taking a Position in BBWI

Shares of Consumer Cyclical sector company Bath & Body Works moved 0.6% today, and are now trading at a price of $44.27. The Mid-Cap stock's daily volume was 1,267,762 compared to its average volume of 2,642,950. The S&P 500 index returned a 1.0% performance.

Bath & Body Works, Inc. operates a specialty retailer of home fragrance, body care, and soaps and sanitizer products. The company is based in Columbus and has 8,981 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $9,956,190,208. Bath & Body Works currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.8% per year.

18 analysts are following Bath & Body Works and have set target prices ranging from $42.0 to $65.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, BBWI is trading -12.84% away from its average analyst target price of $50.79 per share.

Over the last year, BBWI's share price has increased by 22.4%, which represents a difference of 2.4% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $50.34 per share whereas its 52 week low is $27.3. Bath & Body Works's average free cash flow over the last 5 years has been $1.01 Billion, but they have been decreasing at an average rate of -3.0%. This may prove a challenge to the long term sustainability of the stock's upwards trend.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 954,000 298,000 656,000 -19.61
2022 1,144,000 328,000 816,000 -33.22
2021 1,492,000 270,000 1,222,000 -32.52
2020 2,039,000 228,000 1,811,000 132.78
2019 1,236,000 458,000 778,000 4.01
2018 1,377,000 629,000 748,000
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