---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-036750"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBW"
cik: "0001113809"
company_name: "BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T06:58:40.109920+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Build-A-Bear Q3 record revenues $119.4M (+11%), EPS $0.73 (+37.7%), raises unit growth guidance

## Summary
- Q3 total revenues $119.4M (+11% YoY); pre-tax income $13.1M (+26.4%); diluted EPS $0.73 (+37.7%).
- EBITDA $16.7M (+25.3%); nine-month diluted EPS $2.20 (+4.8%).
- Updated FY2024 guidance: revenue $489M-$495M; pretax income $65M-$67M; net new unit growth raised to at least 65 locations.
- Share repurchases YTD $23.0M; $97.0M remaining under $100M authorization.
- Store count at 565 global locations; added 17 net new experience locations in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-036750
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBW
- cik: 0001113809
- company_name: BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774924036750/0001437749-24-036750-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774924036750/bbw20241204c_8k.htm

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