---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000701985-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBWI"
cik: "0000701985"
company_name: "Bath & Body Works, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T12:36:04.326558+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bath & Body Works Q4 record sales $3.027B (+11%); EPS ~$2.25; $1.5B buyback & 33% dividend hike

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $3.027B, up 11% YoY; expected EPS $2.25 (guidance $2.10-$2.25).
- Adjusted EPS $2.28 excluding $0.03 tornado charge; up 16% YoY.
- Board authorized new $1.5B share repurchase; $1B via ASR this week.
- Annual dividend raised 33% to $0.80/share; quarterly $0.20 payable Mar 4, 2022.
- Fiscal 2021 ended with ~$2B cash; nearly $2B or ~10% shares repurchased in FY2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000701985-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBWI
- cik: 0000701985
- company_name: Bath & Body Works, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701985/000070198522000004/0000701985-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701985/000070198522000004/lb-20220202.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000701985-22-000004.txt

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