---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-001787"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBW"
cik: "0001113809"
company_name: "BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T19:47:30.591290+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Build-A-Bear Q3 revenue +2.9% to $107.6M, EPS $0.53; cuts FY growth outlook

## Summary
- Q3 total revenues $107.6M (+2.9% YoY); net retail sales $100.4M (+1.2%).
- Diluted EPS $0.53, up 3.9%; pre-tax income $10.3M (+4.7%).
- Revises FY23 guidance: revenue growth 3%-5% (prev. 5%-7%), pre-tax income growth 5%-10% (prev. 10%-15%).
- Nine-month total revenues $336.8M (+4.3%); diluted EPS $2.10 (+18.0%); inventory down 27% to $64.5M.
- Returned $39M to shareholders YTD; no revolver borrowings; $29.6M repurchase authorization remaining.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-001787
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBW
- cik: 0001113809
- company_name: BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752323001787/0001157523-23-001787-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752323001787/a53864460.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001787
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001787.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001787.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC reported financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended October 28, 2023.
  - Period: the third fiscal quarter ended October 28, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 30, 2023, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release setting forth results for the Company’s 2023 third fiscal quarter ended October 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752323001787/0001157523-23-001787-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC updated its fiscal 2023 guidance (lowered).
  - Period: fiscal 2023
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: The Company revises its fiscal 2023 guidance from 5% to 7% revenue growth and 10% to 15% pre-tax income growth to 3% to 5% revenue growth and 5% to 10% pre-tax income growth
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752323001787/0001157523-23-001787-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.