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Bath & Body Works Sales Reach $1.51 Billion, Beating Second-Quarter Estimates

Key Facts

1Second-quarter sales reached $1.51 billion, compared with analysts’ estimate of $1.50 billion.
2The stock fell about 4% in premarket trading on August 26, 2026.
3BBWI shares closed at $21.6 on October 22, 2026.
4The third-quarter results are listed for November 19, 2026, before the market opens.

Bath & Body Works’ second-quarter sales reached $1.51 billion, beating analysts’ estimate of $1.50 billion, Reuters reported, citing LSEG data. The results covered the quarter ended August 1, 2026, and were published on August 26, so they do not represent a new quarterly earnings announcement in October. Reuters described the beat as slight, with sales above the level analysts had expected before the results were released. The company also reported weak store traffic during the period, while the decline extended to mall traffic more broadly. Reuters quoted the company as saying, "The company is seeing a decline in store traffic and broader weakness in mall traffic."

The sales beat did not prevent the stock from falling after the August announcement; shares dropped about 4% in premarket trading on August 26, Reuters reported. This places investors’ reaction in a broader context than the comparison between actual revenue and estimates, as the weakness in store and mall traffic cited by the news agency continued. Reuters also discussed progress in the company’s business transformation, but said that progress had not yet offset changes across the business as a whole. EL7 data show the company’s stock, listed under ticker BBWI, closed at $21.6 on October 22, 2026. That price is from the October session, about two months after the second-quarter results were announced, and does not establish that the stock’s movement that day resulted from the results published in August.

The next earnings date is the upcoming milestone in tracking the company’s performance: the third-quarter results are listed for November 19, 2026, before the market opens, according to Thaler’s earnings record. The report will follow the second-quarter results published in August, giving investors a chance to track the company’s performance over the subsequent period. Comparing actual sales with estimates remains central to assessing the upcoming results, alongside developments in store and mall traffic that Reuters cited in its coverage of the August results. The next date will also provide an opportunity to review the latest figures for the new quarter when they are released. Until then, the figures here relate to the second-quarter results and the stock’s reaction after their announcement.