Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Competitors

Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) and Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BBW or VSCO?

Build-A-Bear Workshop received 383 more outperform votes than Victoria's Secret & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.42% of users gave Build-A-Bear Workshop an outperform vote while only 18.13% of users gave Victoria's Secret & Co. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Build-A-Bear Workshop	Outperform Votes 412 62.42%	Underperform Votes 248 37.58%
Victoria's Secret & Co.	Outperform Votes 29 18.13%	Underperform Votes 131 81.88%

Do analysts rate BBW or VSCO?

Build-A-Bear Workshop currently has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.89%. Victoria's Secret & Co. has a consensus price target of $27.09, suggesting a potential upside of 18.92%. Given Victoria's Secret & Co.'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Victoria's Secret & Co. is more favorable than Build-A-Bear Workshop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Build-A-Bear Workshop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Victoria's Secret & Co.	3 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BBW or VSCO?

79.3% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, BBW or VSCO?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BBW or VSCO?

In the previous week, Victoria's Secret & Co. had 15 more articles in the media than Build-A-Bear Workshop. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co. and 16 mentions for Build-A-Bear Workshop. Build-A-Bear Workshop's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Victoria's Secret & Co.'s score of 0.47 indicating that Build-A-Bear Workshop is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Build-A-Bear Workshop	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Victoria's Secret & Co.	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BBW or VSCO?

Victoria's Secret & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Build-A-Bear Workshop. Build-A-Bear Workshop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria's Secret & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Build-A-Bear Workshop	$496.40M	1.09	$52.81M	$3.81	10.78
Victoria's Secret & Co.	$6.23B	0.29	$109M	$1.97	11.56

Is BBW or VSCO more profitable?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Victoria's Secret & Co.'s net margin of 2.47%. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity of 44.74% beat Build-A-Bear Workshop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Build-A-Bear Workshop	10.58%	38.35%	17.82%
Victoria's Secret & Co.	2.47%	44.74%	4.42%

Summary

Build-A-Bear Workshop beats Victoria's Secret & Co. on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.