Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Build-A-Bear Workshop in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" BBW shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Build-A-Bear Workshop's shares. Their BBW share price forecasts range from $36.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $40.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 39.0% from the stock's current price.
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Build-A-Bear Workshop's stock was trading at $23.84 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BBW shares have increased by 20.7% and is now trading at $28.77.
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Build-A-Bear Workshop saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,560,000 shares, an increase of 25.8% from the August 31st total of 1,240,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 219,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.1 days. Currently, 11.8% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 29th 2023.
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Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (NYSE:BBW) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 24th. The specialty retailer reported $0.57 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.16. The specialty retailer had revenue of $109.23 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $101.89 million. Build-A-Bear Workshop had a net margin of 10.63% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 45.76%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.38 EPS.

Build-A-Bear Workshop announced a special dividend on Wednesday, March 8th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 23rd will be given a dividend of $1.50 per share on Thursday, April 6th. This is an increase from the stock's previous special dividend of $1.25.
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Build-A-Bear Workshop announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Tuesday, November 30th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $25,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 9.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Build-A-Bear Workshop updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $491.33 million-$500.69 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $489.57 million.

225 employees have rated Build-A-Bear Workshop Chief Executive Officer Sharon John on Glassdoor.com. Sharon John has an approval rating of 62% among the company's employees. This puts Sharon John in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Build-A-Bear Workshop trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BBW."

Build-A-Bear Workshop's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cannell Capital LLC (7.64%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.44%), BlackRock Inc. (6.09%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.89%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.86%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.75%). Insiders that own company stock include Cannell Capital Llc, Craig Leavitt, Derek J Maetzold, Eric R Fencl, George Carrara, J Christopher Hurt, Jennifer Kretchmar, Maxine Clark, Robert L Dixon Jr, Sharon Price John and Vojin Todorovic.
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One share of BBW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.77.

Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) has a market capitalization of $418.03 million and generates $467.94 million in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $47.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.45 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,200 workers across the globe.

Build-A-Bear Workshop's mailing address is 1954 Innerbelt Business Center Drive, St. Louis MO, 63114. The official website for the company is www.buildabear.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (314) 423-8000, via email at ir.buildabear.com, or via fax at 314-423-8188.