BATH & BODY WORKS INC BBWI
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 070830104 · ISIN US0708301041
American retailer under the L Brands (formerly Limited Brands) umbrella, along with Victoria's Secret
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryRetail-Retail Stores, NEC
- HeadquartersColumbus, OH
- Founded1990
- Websitebathandbodyworks.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($26.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 214.2m as of 2025-03-07, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $30.28. Options: 23 managers hold calls ($117.4m notional), 26 hold puts ($191.2m).
Trends to Q1 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 471 |
| Q4 2022 | 513 |
| Q1 2023 | 496 |
| Q2 2023 | 486 |
| Q3 2023 | 472 |
| Q4 2023 | 489 |
| Q1 2024 | 512 |
| Q2 2024 | 524 |
| Q3 2024 | 475 |
| Q4 2024 | 487 |
| Q1 2025 | 470 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 215 | 243 |
| Q3 2023 | 213 | 240 |
| Q4 2023 | 214 | 244 |
| Q1 2024 | 238 | 248 |
| Q2 2024 | 271 | 233 |
| Q3 2024 | 229 | 291 |
| Q4 2024 | 264 | 259 |
| Q1 2025 | 266 | 235 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $166.7m | $145.7m | 0.87 |
| Q3 2024 | $133.2m | $209.7m | 1.57 |
| Q4 2024 | $154.3m | $244.4m | 1.58 |
| Q1 2025 | $117.4m | $191.2m | 1.63 |
Biggest buyers
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +6.8m |
| FMR LLC | Added | +5.7m |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +2.9m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Added | +2.0m |
| CADIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP | Added | +1.6m |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +1.6m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +1.5m |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +976.0k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Added | +781.7k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +746.1k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -6.5m |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ | Reduced | -4.2m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -3.2m |
| Sound Shore Management Inc /CT/ | Sold out | -2.2m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -2.2m |
| Anomaly Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -2.0m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| KBC Group NV | Reduced | -1.1m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -749.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -715.7k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $24.6m810.4k shares |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC | New | $18.2m600.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $11.2m370.5k shares |
| Interval Partners, LP | New | $8.2m271.0k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $8.0m265.0k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $7.9m259.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $7.8m258.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $6.0m198.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $4.1m134.7k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | $4.1m134.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | $63.3m2.1m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $20.4m674.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $17.1m563.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $11.9m392.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $10.7m353.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $6.5m212.8k shares |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | $6.1m200.0k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Reduced | $6.1m200.0k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Unchanged | $5.9m193.9k shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | First filing | $5.8m1.9k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +2.1 pts · filed 2026-04-07 | 10.4% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-17 | 8.8% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.5% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (3.8%, 2026-08-12), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $776.0k | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.0m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | $177.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q1 2025.
Holders, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.0m $789.1m | Reduced -2.2m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.5m $652.4m | Reduced -6.5m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.22% of their portfolio | 11.0m $334.0m | Added +781.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 8.8m $265.8m | Added +5.7m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 8.4m $253.6m | Reduced -131.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.2m $217.0m | Reduced -592.5k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.21% of their portfolio | 6.8m $206.1m | Added +6.8m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.3m $190.1m | Reduced -715.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 5.4m $164.4m | Added +243.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.35% of their portfolio | 4.1m $123.4m | Added +197.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 4.0m $121.1m | Added +2.9m |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC 3.73% of their portfolio | 3.8m $114.9m | Added +976.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.8m $114.1m | Added +171.2k |
| GMT Capital Corp 6.02% of their portfolio | 3.7m $113.3m | Added +255.6k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.43% of their portfolio | 3.7m $111.6m | Added +2.0m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.5m $104.7m | Reduced -447.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.2m $96.9m | Added +1.5m |
| Anomaly Capital Management, LP 4.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $85.9m | Reduced -2.0m |
| CADIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 3.41% of their portfolio | 2.6m $79.6m | Added +1.6m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.4m $72.5m | Added +269.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.3m $70.2m | Added +171.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $69.0m | Added +203.7k |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. 1.02% of their portfolio | 2.2m $66.7m | Reduced -632.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $60.0m | Added +80.9k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH 0.66% of their portfolio | 1.7m $51.3m | Added +105.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.7m $50.7m | Reduced -189.4k |
| Forest Avenue Capital Management LP 6.88% of their portfolio | 1.7m $50.4m | Reduced -383.2k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.7m $50.1m | Added +1.6m |
| Makaira Partners LLC 16.66% of their portfolio | 1.6m $49.7m | Reduced -623.5k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $46.6m | Reduced -167.1k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $44.9m | Added +153.5k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $41.9m | Added +238.8k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.3m $39.7m | Added +27.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $38.3m | First filing |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 1.3m $38.1m | Added +278.6k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $34.9m | Reduced -4.2m |
| DNB Asset Management AS 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.1m $33.5m | Added +149.0k |
| Interval Partners, LP 1.07% of their portfolio | 998.9k $30.3m | Added +19.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 983.9k $29.8m | Added +557.4k |
| Boston Partners 0.03% of their portfolio | 937.0k $28.3m | Added +696.6k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 909.6k $27.6m | Added +583.9k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.22% of their portfolio | 808.4k $24.5m | Added +389.2k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 799.3k $24.2m | Reduced -319.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 795.5k $24.1m | Added +362.1k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 767.6k $23.3m | First filing |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 762.4k $23.1m | Added +746.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 746.0k $22.6m | Reduced -1.3m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.02% of their portfolio | 728.3k $22.1m | Reduced -3.2m |
| Alecta Tjanstepension Omsesidigt 0.12% of their portfolio | 722.8k $21.9m | Reduced -277.2k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.03% of their portfolio | 704.5k $21.4m | Added +63.2k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 699.8k $21.2m | Added +580.3k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 690.7k $20.9m | Unchanged |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 687.6k $20.8m | Reduced -749.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 685.0k $20.8m | Reduced -300.5k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 678.8k $20.6m | Added +140.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 676.6k $20.5m | Reduced -6.6k |
| Shellback Capital, LP 1.96% of their portfolio | 668.0k $20.3m | Added +268.0k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 667.1k $20.2m | Reduced -64.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 646.0k $19.6m | Added +87.5k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.17% of their portfolio | 592.9k $18.0m | Added +44.6k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 590.5k $17.9m | Added +418.3k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 577.2k $17.5m | Added +63.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 574.6k $17.4m | Reduced -507.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 562.8k $17.1m | Added +36.7k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 551.7k $16.7m | Reduced -122.6k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 529.1k $16.0m | Added +450.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 523.6k $15.9m | Added +20.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 513.2k $15.6m | Reduced -198.5k |
| Eisler Capital Management Ltd. 0.43% of their portfolio | 473.3k $14.3m | Added +367.6k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 470.5k $14.3m | Added +185.2k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 463.4k $14.0m | Added +290.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 434.2k $13.2m | Reduced -501.5k |
| South Dakota Investment Council 0.27% of their portfolio | 433.3k $13.1m | Added +3.8k |
| TREMBLANT CAPITAL GROUP 1.55% of their portfolio | 417.6k $12.7m | Added +239.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 398.6k $12.1m | Reduced -10.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 394.2k $12.0m | Added +19.2k |
| Cinctive Capital Management LP 0.87% of their portfolio | 361.2k $11.0m | Added +187.4k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 358.9k $10.9m | New |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 354.2k $10.7m | Reduced -5.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 351.5k $10.7m | Reduced -165.1k |
| BRIDGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 5.22% of their portfolio | 346.6k $10.5m | Added +97.0k |
| OLD NATIONAL BANCORP /IN/ 0.27% of their portfolio | 342.5k $10.4m | Added +38.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 336.1k $10.2m | Reduced -258.3k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 329.9k $10.0m | Reduced -126.9k |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) 0.05% of their portfolio | 327.1k $9.9m | Reduced -67.4k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 308.2k $9.3m | New |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 307.3k $9.3m | Added +197.0k |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 302.6k $9.2m | Reduced -15.1k |
| Atreides Management, LP 0.33% of their portfolio | 298.0k $9.0m | Reduced -50.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 285.8k $8.7m | Reduced -265.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 285.0k $8.6m | Reduced -22.9k |
| New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 283.5k $9.3k | Added +274.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 281.3k $8.5m | Reduced -68.9k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.03% of their portfolio | 263.6k $8.0m | New |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 247.1k $7.5m | Added +108.8k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 239.2k $7.3m | Added +230.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 239.1k $7.3m | Reduced -25.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 238.5k $7.2m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 222.1k $6.7m | Reduced -11.7k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 220.8k $6.7m | Added +181.5k |