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Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (BBW)

Consumer Cyclical | Specialty Retail | Saint Louis, United States | NYSE
39.05 USD -0.38 (-0.964%) ⇩ (April 21, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:☆☆☆☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | April 18, 2026, 10:20 p.m. EDT

BBW sits in a potential value trap corrected for recent negative earnings growth, with short-term momentum heavily weighed by technicals below its 50-day average. While the valuation is cheap at <10x PE and the payout ratio is healthy, short-term sentiment is fragile. The odds favor a decline or oscillation lower before any meaningful recovery.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.301303
AutoARIMA0.304370
AutoETS0.305952
AutoTheta0.404975

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 43%
H-stat 11.82
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.163
Excess Kurtosis -1.10
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-25
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-25
Debt to Equity Ratio 82.113
Revenue per Share 40.614
Market Cap 505,534,272
Trailing P/E 9.79
Forward P/E 9.21
Beta 1.18
Profit Margins 9.85%
Website https://www.buildabear.com

As of April 18, 2026, 10:20 p.m. EDT: Options flow indicates heavier speculative positioning in distant-dated call OI at strikes 55, 70, and 90, implying a hope for a major gap higher. However, significant put positions (both OI and recent volume) are concentrated at lower strikes (35, 50, 57.5), suggesting bearish protection or a view that the current downtrend continues. Implied volatility is elevated relative to historical norms at these outlier strikes, indicating high uncertainty on direction.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.59% 1.75% 1.68% —
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-26 0.23 0.593855
2025-11-26 0.22 0.425056
2025-09-25 0.22 0.306914
2025-06-26 0.22 0.425236
2025-03-27 0.22 0.584149
2024-11-27 0.20 0.536616
2024-09-26 0.20 0.661151
2024-06-27 0.20 0.817222
2024-03-27 0.20 0.702070
2023-03-22 1.50 6.658554
2021-12-09 1.25 6.569318
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.92
dividendYield 2.36
exDividendDate 2026-03-26
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.88
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.022318032
lastDividendValue 0.23
lastDividendDate 2026-03-26
dividendDate 2026-04-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.1733774
Address1 415 South 18th Street
Address2 Suite 200
All Time High 75.85
All Time Low 1.01
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 345,670
Average Daily Volume3 Month 408,649
Average Volume 408,649
Average Volume10Days 345,670
Beta 1.175
Bid 32.8
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 2
Book Value 12.325
City Saint Louis
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 39.05
Current Ratio 1.545
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 40.09
Day Low 39.0
Debt To Equity 82.113
Display Name Build-A-Bear Workshop
Dividend Date 1,775,692,800
Dividend Rate 0.92
Dividend Yield 2.36
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,748,523,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,748,523,600
Earnings Growth -0.22
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.244
Earnings Timestamp 1,773,318,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,779,971,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,779,971,400
Ebitda 79,578,000
Ebitda Margins 0.15019
Enterprise To Ebitda 7.329
Enterprise To Revenue 1.101
Enterprise Value 583,225,344
Eps Current Year 3.926
Eps Forward 4.24
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.99
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,774,483,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 43.168
Fifty Day Average Change -4.118
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.09539474
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 17.33774
Fifty Two Week High 75.85
Fifty Two Week High Change -36.8
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.4851681
Fifty Two Week Low 33.16
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.8899994
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.17762363
Fifty Two Week Range 33.16 - 75.85
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,098,970,200,000
Float Shares 10,347,760
Forward Eps 4.24
Forward P E 9.209906
Free Cashflow 27,409,250
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.55797
Gross Profits 295,628,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.059710003
Held Percent Institutions 1.08873
Implied Shares Outstanding 12,945,820
Industry Specialty Retail
Industry Disp Specialty Retail
Industry Key specialty-retail
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,774,483,200
Last Dividend Value 0.23
Last Fiscal Year End 1,769,817,600
Long Business Summary Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. operates as a mall-based, experiential specialty retailer for children in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, North America, and Europe. It operates through three segments: Direct-to-Consumer, Commercial, and International Franchising. The company offers various styles of plush products to be stuffed, pre-stuffed plush products, and sounds and scents that can be added to the stuffed animals, as well as range of clothing, shoes and accessories, and other toy and novelty items. It operates its stores under the Build-A-Bear Workshop brand name; and sells its products through its e-commerce sites and third-party marketplace sites. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Long Name Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 505,534,272
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_122203
Most Recent Quarter 1,769,817,600
Net Income To Common 52,203,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,353,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 491,267,704
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 39.65
Operating Cashflow 65,052,000
Operating Margins 0.12669
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.2206
Peg Ratio 0.43
Phone 314 423 8000
Pre Market Change 0.20000076
Pre Market Change Percent 0.51216584
Pre Market Price 39.25
Pre Market Time 1,776,847,460
Previous Close 39.43
Price Eps Current Year 9.94651
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.168357
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.9541407
Profit Margins 0.098529994
Quick Ratio 0.528
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.380001
Regular Market Change Percent -0.963736
Regular Market Day High 40.09
Regular Market Day Low 39.0
Regular Market Day Range 39.0 - 40.09
Regular Market Open 39.65
Regular Market Previous Close 39.43
Regular Market Price 39.05
Regular Market Time 1,776,801,602
Regular Market Volume 305,016
Return On Assets 0.12713
Return On Equity 0.35499
Revenue Growth 0.027
Revenue Per Share 40.614
Sand P52 Week Change 0.3140242
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 12,580,479
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.199
Shares Short 2,549,476
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,329,483
Short Name Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.21180001
Short Ratio 4.42
Source Interval 15
State MO
Symbol BBW
Target High Price 65.0
Target Low Price 60.0
Target Mean Price 62.0
Target Median Price 61.5
Total Cash 26,349,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.133
Total Debt 127,298,000
Total Revenue 529,832,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.88
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.022318032
Trailing Eps 3.99
Trailing P E 9.786967
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 54.19195
Two Hundred Day Average Change -15.1419525
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.2794133
Type Disp Equity
Volume 305,016
Website https://www.buildabear.com
Zip 63,103