Buyback Radar

Bath & Body Works

BBWI

Bath & Body Works has retired 61.4% of its shares since 2003, from 522,020,988 to 201,645,313.

61.4%retired since 2003
23.7%last 5 years
2.2%last 12 months
202Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2007half gone 2021522M shares, 2003202M200020052010201520202025
1999, 429,908,5922026-08-21, 201,645,313
A share bought in 1999
2.1× more of Bath & Body Works today, without buying another share. It was one of 429,908,592 shares then. It is one of 201,645,313 now.
Every filing we read28 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19991999-01-27429,908,59210-K/Acover page
20002000-03-24430,369,48610-Kcover page
20012001-03-30426,401,55710-Kcover page
20022002-04-12518,873,72610-Kcover page
20032003-04-08522,020,98810-Kcover page
20042004-04-02471,268,67510-Kcover page
20052005-03-31407,043,97610-Kcover page
20062006-03-17394,311,61010-Kcover page
20072007-03-23399,639,58010-Kcover page
20082008-03-21340,828,15410-Kcover page
20092009-01-31321,000,00010-K
20102010-03-19323,296,78410-K
20112011-03-11319,450,75510-K
20122012-03-09319,450,75510-K
20132013-03-15288,193,64110-K
20142014-03-14290,998,92810-K
20152015-03-13292,393,97010-K
20162016-03-11287,080,04510-K
20172017-03-10285,048,41710-K
20182018-03-16278,858,02410-K
20192019-03-15275,196,90810-K
20202020-03-20276,533,31510-K
20212021-03-12278,814,44710-K
20222022-03-11238,910,11610-K
20232023-03-10228,766,15110-K
20242024-03-15224,896,51510-K
20252025-03-07214,225,86410-K
20262026-03-06201,134,26510-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Bath & Body Works on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2008cash flow statement against share count
$9.7Bspent on buybacks
198Mfewer shares outstanding
$49spent per share that actually disappeared
$1.2Bpaid in stock compensation over the same years

Part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. That part costs money and retires nothing, so the cost per share that disappeared is higher than the average price the company paid.

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Insider buying, last 12 months

Symancyk James KevinDirector2025-11-24, 22,500 sh, $350,550
Nash Sarah EDirector2025-11-24, 10,000 sh, $155,800
Voskuil Steven EDirector2025-11-21, 20,000 sh, $300,700
STEINOUR STEPHEN DDirector2025-11-21, 6,700 sh, $99,528
Hondal FrancisDirector2025-11-21, 3,343 sh, $50,128
Brady LucyDirector2025-11-21, 3,470 sh, $49,962

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