---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-018727"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBW"
cik: "0001113809"
company_name: "BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T05:26:10.361147+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Build-A-Bear Q1 record revenue $128.4M, EPS $1.17, up 42.7% YoY; guides FY pre-tax $61-67M

## Summary
- Total revenues $128.4M (+11.9% YoY); pre-tax income $19.6M (+30.6%); diluted EPS $1.17 (+42.7%).
- Returned $7.1M to shareholders via $4.2M buybacks and $2.9M dividends; $85M remaining on buyback authorization.
- FY 2025 revenue guidance reaffirmed (mid-single-digit growth); pre-tax income guidance raised to $61-67M.
- Net new unit growth of 15 global locations in Q1; total 604 locations; no debt on revolver.
- Gross margin improved 260 bps; SG&A up 20 bps on store wages and inflation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-018727
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBW
- cik: 0001113809
- company_name: BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774925018727/0001437749-25-018727-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774925018727/bbw20250528c_8k.htm

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