Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. BBW
$25.56 +0.59% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $320.5M
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Dec 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 9 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +14.8%).
- Over the past year the stock returned -59.6%, behind the S&P 500 by 74.6 percentage points.
- The stock is 64% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 39%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 39%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 14%
- Gross marginTop 14%
- Operating marginTop 24%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 3%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 36%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 5%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 35%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 23%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 5%
- 6-month returnBottom 8%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 5%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 7%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 41%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 17%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 28%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 28%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 46%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.3% | -0.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 2.6% | -9.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 56.3% | 56.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 14.3% | 12.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 8.9% | 4.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.9% | 3.3% | ↓ | Bottom 28% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -9.6% | 2.6% | ↓ | Bottom 39% |
| Gross margin | 56.7% | 56.3% | ↑ | Top 14% |
| Operating margin | 12.9% | 14.3% | ↓ | Top 24% |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 11.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.7% | 8.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 17.8% | — | Top 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.2% | — | Top 39% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.15×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +22.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.52×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.58%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 11.89%
- Shareholder yield
- 15.47%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 9
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +14.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $38.50
- Target vs current price
- +50.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 11
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 73%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | +8.5% | -27.3% | -23.0% | -35.8% | — |
| May 28, 2026 | +35.5% | +2.9% | -6.7% | -15.3% | +2.9% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | +2.4% | -4.4% | -9.3% | -13.0% | -21.9% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | +12.7% | -15.5% | -7.9% | +6.3% | -19.0% |
| Aug 28, 2025 | +40.3% | +14.4% | +4.0% | +23.7% | -19.5% |
| May 29, 2025 | +36.0% | +21.6% | +7.9% | +22.5% | +32.3% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | +4.6% | -0.4% | +4.6% | +10.8% | +34.8% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | +12.3% | +22.6% | +12.1% | +19.9% | +8.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | $0.70 | $0.65 | +8.5% | $115.3M |
| May 28, 2026 | $1.03 | $0.76 | +35.5% | $125.3M |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $1.26 | $1.23 | +2.4% | $154.5M |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.55 | +12.7% | $122.7M |
| Aug 28, 2025 | $0.94 | $0.67 | +40.3% | $124.2M |
| May 29, 2025 | $1.17 | $0.86 | +36.0% | $128.4M |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $1.59 | $1.52 | +4.6% | $150.4M |
| Dec 5, 2024 | $0.73 | $0.65 | +12.3% | $119.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 6.3× | 7.9× | 14th | Top 3% |
| P/E (forward) | 7.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.4× | — | — | Top 5% |
| EV / Sales | 0.86× | — | — | Top 35% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.66% | — | — | Top 36% |
| Earnings yield | 15.77% | — | — | Top 3% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.2× – 16.7× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -59.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -9.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -58.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -19.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -37.5%
- RSI (14)
- 37.5
- Relative volume
- 0.44×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 79.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 98th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.00
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.29
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -64.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -67.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2025 | Sep 18, 2026 | -67.8% | 254 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Sep 6, 2022 | -44.0% | 190 days | 60 days (Nov 30, 2022) |
| Dec 14, 2022 | May 31, 2023 | -31.3% | 114 days | 63 days (Aug 30, 2023) |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Apr 23, 2025 | -30.8% | 79 days | 25 days (May 29, 2025) |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021 | -28.1% | 38 days | 72 days (Dec 1, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $320.5M
- P/E (TTM)
- 6.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.03
- Revenue (TTM)
- $517.8M
- Dividend yield
- 3.56%
- 52-week range
- $24.15 – $72.19
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $411.5M | $467.9M | $486.1M | $496.4M | $529.8M |
| Gross profit | $218.0M | $245.9M | $264.4M | $272.5M | $295.6M |
| Operating income | $38.4M | $49.5M | $65.4M | $66.3M | $64.6M |
| Net income | $47.3M | $48.0M | $52.8M | $51.8M | $52.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.93 | $3.15 | $3.65 | $3.80 | $3.99 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $119.4M | $150.4M | $128.4M | $124.2M | $122.7M | $154.5M | $125.3M | $115.3M |
| Net income | $9.9M | $21.7M | $15.3M | $12.4M | $8.1M | $16.4M | $18.3M | $8.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.73 | $1.62 | $1.17 | $0.94 | $0.62 | $1.26 | $1.45 | $0.70 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $28.1M | $47.3M | $64.3M | $47.1M | $65.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$8.1M | -$13.6M | -$18.3M | -$19.3M | -$25.5M |
| Free cash flow | $19.9M | $33.6M | $46.0M | $27.8M | $39.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$292,000 | -$48,000 | -$11.0M | -$11.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$4.4M | -$24.2M | -$20.5M | -$31.3M | -$29.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $0
- Total assets
- $334.1M
- Total liabilities
- $175.1M
- Total debt
- $125.5M
- Net debt
- $125.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $159.0M
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | $0.23 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | $0.23 | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | $0.23 | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | $0.22 | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | $0.22 | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | $0.22 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | $0.22 | Apr 10, 2025 |
| Nov 27, 2024 | $0.20 | Jan 9, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,896,174
- Days to cover
- 4.59
- Change vs previous report
- +6.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.