Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Lags Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Core Insights - Bath & Body Works (BBWI) reported quarterly earnings of $0.35 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.40 per share, and down from $0.49 per share a year ago [1][2] - The company posted revenues of $1.59 billion for the quarter, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.02%, and down from $1.61 billion year-over-year [3] - The stock has underperformed significantly, losing about 45.7% since the beginning of the year compared to the S&P 500's gain of 12.9% [4] Earnings Performance - The earnings surprise for the quarter was -12.50%, with the company having surpassed consensus EPS estimates only two times over the last four quarters [2] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is $2.15 on revenues of $2.82 billion, and for the current fiscal year, it is $3.40 on revenues of $7.46 billion [8] Industry Context - Bath & Body Works operates within the Zacks Retail - Miscellaneous industry, which is currently ranked in the top 37% of over 250 Zacks industries [9] - The performance of Bath & Body Works may be influenced by the overall outlook for the industry, as top-ranked industries tend to outperform lower-ranked ones by a factor of more than 2 to 1 [9] Future Outlook - The company's future stock performance will largely depend on management's commentary during the earnings call and the trends in earnings estimate revisions [4][5] - The current Zacks Rank for Bath & Body Works is 3 (Hold), indicating that shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future [7]