---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-027903"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBW"
cik: "0001113809"
company_name: "BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T09:23:20.560248+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Build-A-Bear Q2 revenue record $124.2M (+11.1%), EPS $0.94 (+46.9%), raises FY guide

## Summary
- Q2 total revenues record $124.2M (+11.1%); pre-tax income record $15.3M (+32.7%); diluted EPS $0.94 (+46.9%).
- First-half revenue record $252.6M (+11.5%); EPS $2.11 (+44.5%); returned $13.1M to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.
- Raises FY 2025 guidance: revenue growth mid-to-high single digit; pre-tax income $62M-$70M; net new units at least 60.
- Q2 added 14 global locations; total 627 (368 corp-managed, 157 partner-op, 102 franchise). Cash $39.1M, no revolver borrowings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-027903
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBW
- cik: 0001113809
- company_name: BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1113809/000143774925027903/0001437749-25-027903-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774925027903/bbw20250827_8k.htm

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