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Bath & Body Works

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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
21.8%last 5 years
1.5%last 12 months
202Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2007half gone 2021522M shares, 2003202M200020052010201520202025
1999, 456,331,4242026-08-21, 201,645,313
A share bought in 1999
2.3× more of Bath & Body Works today, without buying another share. It was one of 456,331,424 shares then. It is one of 201,645,313 now.
Every filing we read28 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19991999-03-26456,331,42410-Kcover 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.

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Bath & Body Works buybacks, answered

Is Bath & Body Works buying back its stock?

Yes. Bath & Body Works has 1.5% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 201,645,313 as of August 21, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 21.8%.

How many shares has Bath & Body Works bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Bath & Body Works has 320.4 million fewer shares than at its 2003 peak. That is 61.4% of the company.

How many shares does Bath & Body Works have outstanding?

201,645,313 shares, as of August 21, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2003 peak it had 522,020,988.

What do Bath & Body Works' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Bath & Body Works stock in 2003 owns 2.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Bath & Body Works compare with other cannibal stocks?

Bath & Body Works ranks No. 15 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Assurant (62.0%), O'Reilly Automotive (61.8%), Synchrony Financial (61.0%), Masco (59.6%).

Every answer is computed from Bath & Body Works' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

Symancyk James KevinDirector2025-11-24, 22,500 shares at $15.58 $351K total
Nash Sarah EDirector2025-11-24, 10,000 shares at $15.58 $156K total
Voskuil Steven EDirector2025-11-21, 20,000 shares at $15.04 $301K total
STEINOUR STEPHEN DDirector2025-11-21, 6,700 shares at $14.86 $100K total
Hondal FrancisDirector2025-11-21, 3,343 shares at $14.99 $50K total
Brady LucyDirector2025-11-21, 3,470 shares at $14.40 $50K total

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