---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-027982"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBW"
cik: "0001113809"
company_name: "BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:56:45.430380+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Build-A-Bear Q2 revenues $111.8M (+2.4%), EPS $0.64 (+12.3%), reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Q2 total revenues $111.8M (+2.4% YoY); pre-tax income $11.5M (+10.2%); diluted EPS $0.64 (+12.3%).
- Consolidated e-commerce demand fell 28.2% in Q2, but commercial/franchise revenue surged 44.8%.
- Reaffirms FY2024 guidance: low-to-mid single-digit revenue growth, low single-digit pre-tax income growth; at least 50 net new experience locations.
- Returned $23.9M to shareholders in H1 via buybacks and dividends; repurchased >5% of shares YTD.
- Store count at 548 globally: 361 corporate, 107 partner, 80 franchise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-027982
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBW
- cik: 0001113809
- company_name: BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774924027982/0001437749-24-027982-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774924027982/bbw20240829_8k.htm

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