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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Bath & Body Works (BBWI)

Bath & Body Works Q2 EPS of $0.58 beats guidance; full-year EPS outlook raised

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Bath & Body Works reported second-quarter 2026 net sales of $1,514 million, down 2.3% from a year earlier, while diluted earnings per share rose to $0.58 from $0.30. The company raised its full-year 2026 diluted EPS guidance to $3.13 to $3.33 and narrowed its net sales decline forecast to 4% to 2.5%, but the quarter included about $80 million of tariff refunds, and third-quarter EPS guidance of $0.05 to $0.10 is below the $0.37 reported a year earlier.

Key points

  • Q2 2026 net sales of $1,514 million, down 2.3% from $1,549 million; Direct net sales rose 3.0% to $275 million
  • Q2 diluted EPS of $0.58 vs. $0.30; adjusted EPS of $0.62 vs. $0.37. Excluding about $80 million of tariff refunds, adjusted EPS would have been $0.31
  • Full-year 2026 diluted EPS guidance raised to $3.13 to $3.33; adjusted EPS guidance $2.60 to $2.80; net sales guidance narrowed to a decline of 4% to 2.5%
  • Q3 2026 diluted EPS guidance of $0.05 to $0.10 (adjusted $0.07 to $0.12) vs. $0.37 (adjusted $0.35) in Q3 2025

The filing

CompanyBath & Body Works (BBWI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 26, 2026, 7:17 AM ET
Accession number0000701985-26-000025

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:00 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 26, 2026.

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