BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC · Hobby, Toy & Game Shops

BBW

Low riskNext report: Around Dec 3 (est.)

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The short version

A profitable company with shrinking sales.

Going well

Profitable
Brings in more cash than it spends
Buying back shares: share count down 14% in 3 years

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 0% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (87 bought, 72 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$23.86+0.3% that day

Company value: $294M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 5.9x; You pay about $6 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.57x; Company value is 0.57 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 5%; Cash as a share of company value

From BBW's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Aug '26

$115.3M-7.2% vs a year earlier

Oct '23Tap a barAug '26

Last 12 months: $517.8M, down 0.9% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 16% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of BBW. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth-1% a yearRecently: -0.9% a yearProfit margin10%Last 12 months: 10.0%P/E at the end8xToday: 5.9x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-5% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$492M

Profit in 5 years$49M

Price these guesses point to$41.32+73% vs $23.86 todayAbout +12% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 10% margin and a 8x P/E, sales could shrink about 11% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

4/6Mixed

PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.35.5%
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.9.9%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.8 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$39.5M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-14.2% in 3 years
PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.55.8%

Revenue: $529.8M; +6.7% vs prior year
5-year growth: +15.7%/yr; revenue, per year
Current ratio: 1.55x; short-term assets / bills due
Free cash flow: $39.5M; 7.5% of revenue

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: debt under half of equity. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.