---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBW"
cik: "0001113809"
company_name: "BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T17:30:12.047341+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Build-A-Bear raises FY2022 revenue and pre-tax income guidance midpoint; expects record profitability

## Summary
- Total revenues expected at $460-$465M, up from prior $455-$465M; FY2021 revenue was $411.5M.
- Pre-tax income guidance raised to $57-$63M (prior $56-$63M); FY2021 pre-tax income $50.7M.
- EBITDA guidance $69.5-$75.5M (prior $69-$76M); FY2021 EBITDA $63.0M.
- Company forecasts FY2022 will deliver highest profitability in its 25-year history, a double-digit increase.
- Capex expected $12-$14M; D&A ~$12.5M; outlook assumes no material supply-chain disruption.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBW
- cik: 0001113809
- company_name: BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752323000028/0001157523-23-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752323000028/a53179342.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC reported the 2022 fiscal year (52 weeks ending January 28, 2023) results: revenue $460.0 million to $465.0 million. Guidance raised.
  - Period: the 2022 fiscal year (52 weeks ending January 28, 2023)
  - Revenue: $460.0 million to $465.0 million
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Total revenues to be in the range of $460.0 million to $465.0 million, an increase from its previous expectation for total revenues in the range of $455.0 million to $465.0 million.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752323000028/0001157523-23-000028-index.htm

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