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Employees: 5,500
Size Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $366M, the 2929th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $29.70 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 22.6%, against +8.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 0.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is 12.3% (peer median 2.8%).
Valuation It trades at 9.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.2× (3rd cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -20 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.7 points above its cost of capital (9.0% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 22.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $518M | $530M | $496M | $486M | $468M |
| Revenue growth | — | +7% | +2% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | $291M | $296M | $273M | $264M | $246M |
| EBITDA | $79.6M | $79.6M | $81.3M | $79.2M | $75.0M |
| Net income | $51.6M | $52.2M | $51.8M | $52.8M | $48.0M |
| Free cash flow | $24.5M | $39.5M | $27.8M | $46.0M | $33.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $34.6M | $25.5M | $19.3M | $18.3M | $13.6M |
| Total debt | $126M | $127M | $97.0M | $83.6M | $86.5M |
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| Measure | BBW | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +14.7% | -0.9% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -22.6% | +8.4% | 5th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -58.9% | -20.8% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -0.9% | +5.0% | 6th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 2.8% | highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 9.0× | 13.2× | 3rd cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.1% | -0.8% | 4th least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +15.7% | +3.6% | highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -19.8 pp | -0.0 pp | least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +9.7 pp | -2.1 pp | 3rd highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.0× | 8.5× | 3rd cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.4× | 2.4× | 4th least indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build-A-Bear Workshop BBW | United States | $366M | -23% | -1% | 12% | 9.0× | -4.1% | +15.7% |
| VT Holdings Co., Ltd. 7593.T | Japan | $365M | +1% | +14% | 3% | 7.4× | -4.6% | +14.3% |
| Mie Kotsu 3232.T | Japan | $364M | +9% | +10% | 9% | 9.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Vertu Motors VTU.L | United Kingdom | $362M | +36% | +3% | 1% | 13.2× | -4.0% | +13.7% |
| G-7 7508.T | Japan | $389M | +8% | +8% | 3% | 10.2× | -6.9% | +7.3% |
| Card Factory CARD.L | United Kingdom | $389M | +35% | +7% | 11% | 7.0× | -1.6% | +15.4% |
| Daikokuya 6993.T | Japan | $344M | -32% | +26% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Monro MNRO | United States | $343M | -38% | -4% | 2% | n/a | 19.4% | +0.6% |
| Haverty Furniture Companies HVT | United States | $391M | +13% | +6% | 4% | 14.0× | 9.8% | +0.3% |
| MCLON Jewellery 300945.SZ | China | $395M | -35% | -19% | 6% | 18.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Orell Fussli OFN.SW | Switzerland | $338M | -17% | +3% | 9% | 14.4× | -10.0% | +4.5% |
| ZXZN Qi-House 8395.HK | Hong Kong | $408M | +169% | +41% | -7% | n/a | 57.6% | +3.0% |
| Beijing Bashi Media 600386.SS | China | $415M | -17% | -27% | 1% | n/a | -2.9% | -2.9% |
| Bohus BOHUS.OL | Norway | $426M | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tokmanni TOKMAN.HE | Finland | $431M | +5% | +4% | 3% | 10.6× | 4.7% | +10.0% |
| Barnes & Noble Education BNED | United States | $436M | +20% | +5% | 3% | 13.2× | 7.6% | +3.6% |
| Sichuan Haowu Electromechanical 000757.SZ | China | $298M | -22% | -33% | 2% | n/a | -0.8% | -7.3% |
| BHG BHG.ST | Sweden | $450M | +8% | +7% | 3% | 17.2× | 7.6% | +3.4% |
| Star Plus Legend 6683.HK | Hong Kong | $460M | -30% | -48% | -52% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| D. P. Abhushan DPABHUSHAN.NS | India | $468M | +79% | +31% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| AutoCanada ACQ.TO | Canada | $468M | +26% | 0% | 2% | 13.9× | n/a | n/a |