Build-A-Bear (BBW)

• Market cap: $554M
• 1 day: -11.77%
• 5 days: 8.23%
• 1 month: 7.07%
• 3 months: 30.97%
• 6 months: 52.77%
• Year to date: 78.74%
• 1 year: 73.74%
• 5 years: 1,262.79%
• 10 years: 105.10%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hobby, Toy & Game Shops

About: Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc is a U.S.-based specialty retailer of customized stuffed animals and related products. The company operates through three segments. Its Direct-to-consumer segment with key revenue, includes the operating activities of corporately-managed locations and other retail delivery operations in the U.S., Canada, China, Denmark, Ireland, and the U.K., including the company's e-commerce sites and temporary stores. The international franchising segment includes the licensing activities of the company's franchise agreements with store locations in Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and Africa. The commercial segment includes the transactions with other businesses, mainly comprised of licensing the intellectual properties for third-party use and wholesale activities.

Employees: 4,550

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

100% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 36 | Existing positions closed: 18

78% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $9.35M | Put options by funds: $5.26M

40% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q2] → 7 (+2) [Q3]

37% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $288M [Q2] → $396M (+$108M) [Q3]

14% more funds holding

Funds holding: 126 [Q2] → 144 (+18) [Q3]

2.64% more ownership

Funds ownership: 82.63% [Q2] → 85.28% (+2.64%) [Q3]

7% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 46 | Existing positions reduced: 43

Research analyst outlook

8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $41 0% upside
• Avg. target: $46 12% upside
• High target: $58 41% upside

8 analyst ratings

• positive: 8 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

DA Davidson Michael Baker 55% 1-year accuracy 21 / 38 met price target	22% upside $50	Buy Maintained	6 Dec 2024
Small Cap Consumer Research Eric Beder 44% 1-year accuracy 61 / 139 met price target	41% upside $58	Buy Maintained	6 Dec 2024
Northland Capital Markets Greg Gibas 58% 1-year accuracy 7 / 12 met price target	34% upside $55	Outperform Maintained	6 Dec 2024
Small Cap Consumer Research Eric Beder 44% 1-year accuracy 61 / 139 met price target	0% downside $41	Buy Reiterated	2 Dec 2024
Small Cap Consumer Research Eric Beder 44% 1-year accuracy 61 / 139 met price target	0% downside $41	Buy Reiterated	27 Nov 2024