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Build-a-bear Workshop Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Build-a-bear Workshop Inc had return on equity of 35.5% and a net margin of 9.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Jan 20102011Jan 20112012Dec 20112013Dec 20122014Dec 20132015Jan 20152016Jan 20162017Dec 20162018Dec 20172019Feb 20192020Feb 20202021Jan 20212022Jan 20222023Jan 20232024Feb 20242025Feb 20252026Jan 2026LTMAug 2026
Net margin−3.2%0.0%−4.3%−12.9%−0.6%3.7%7.2%0.4%2.2%−5.3%0.1%−9.0%11.5%10.3%10.9%10.4%9.9%10.0%
Return on equity−7.6%0.1%−11.9%−46.4%−2.5%15.8%27.8%——−19.0%0.3%−29.5%58.7%45.3%42.6%38.5%35.5%32.8%
Return on assets—0.0%−6.6%−22.7%−1.1%7.0%12.9%0.7%4.0%−9.7%0.1%−8.2%17.9%17.5%19.1%18.4%16.4%15.2%
Effective tax rate—————10.4%—74.1%42.7%—83.3%—6.8%22.5%20.4%22.9%22.3%23.9%
SG&A as % of revenue41.1%41.0%41.3%43.4%42.4%41.6%42.3%43.2%43.4%46.7%44.9%46.1%40.6%39.3%40.9%41.5%43.3%43.8%
Dividends ÷ net income————————————42.2%0.6%41.8%21.3%22.1%22.2%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 1 checks passed · August 1, 2026
What it owns · $334m
Short-term assets $123mLonger-term assets $211m
What it owes, and who funded it · $236m
Short-term liabilities $77mShareholders' equity $159m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $123m of assets due within a year against $77m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Build-a-bear Workshop Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

61 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Build-a-bear Workshop's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 15.2% of total assets over 8 years.

  • Pricing power 13 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 52.9%, moving by 6.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.

  • Durability 2 / 20

    Net margin has been a median 9.1%; its worst year was -13.3%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 5.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 17.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (66 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Build-a-bear Workshop Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Build-a-bear Workshop Inc.