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Why Bath & Body Works Stock Jumped Nearly 10% on Tuesday

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Key Takeaways

  • Shares of Bath & Body Works jumped on Tuesday after the retailer received an upgrade and a higher price target from JPMorgan.
  • The analysts said a post-pandemic drop in sales of candles and hand sanitizers is normalizing and won't have much impact on sales.
  • The company also recently launched a promotion with scents featuring Disney Princesses, which JPMorgan said could help drive full-price sales.

Bath & Body Works (BBWI) shares rose almost 10% on Tuesday after analysts from JPMorgan upgraded the stock, citing encouraging recent product launches and shrinking post-pandemic headwinds.

The analysts raised the stock to "overweight" from "neutral" Tuesday and lifted their price target to $47 from $41 previously. The new rating comes as the retailer is set to report fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 27.

Aside from JPMorgan, analysts who follow Bath & Body Works and are tracked by Visible Alpha are somewhat bullish on the retailer's stock, with five "buy," three "hold," and one "sell" rating among the nine tracked brokers. The stock has an average 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:price target of $43.56, which suggests an upside of more t🐷han 13% compared with Tuesday's opening price. It closed at $40.03 Tuesday, a 9.7🤡5% gain.

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The JPMorgan analysts said Bath & Body Works is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:undervalued compared with its peers in the beauty category, while being a market leader in some of its important categories like fragrances and hand sanitizers. The analysts also said headwinds like a post-pandemic drop in sales of candles and hand sanitizers are normalizing and🎀 likely won'🦩t have much impact on sales moving forward.

They also said the company recently launched its biggest collaboration, with a new line of 85 products rolled out earlier this week with scents tied to Disney (DIS) Princess char✨acters that could help drive sales.

The analysts said the product line is about three times the size of Bath & Body Works' past collaborations with Netflix (NFLX), when it created product lines based on shows like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"Bridgerton" and "Stranger Things."

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