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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-036852"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBW"
cik: "0001113809"
company_name: "BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:30:24.496342+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 record $122.7M, but EPS falls 15% on $4M tariff hit; FY guidance reaffirmed

## Summary
- Q3 total revenues $122.7M (record), up 2.7% YoY; diluted EPS $0.62 vs $0.73, down 15.1%.
- Pre-tax income $10.7M, down from $13.1M, impacted by approximately $4M in tariffs and related costs.
- Nine-month total revenues record $375.3M (+8.5%); diluted EPS $2.73, up 24.1% vs $2.20.
- Reaffirms FY2025 guidance: pre-tax income $62M-$70M, revenues mid-to-high single-digit growth, net-new-unit growth >=60.
- YTD returned $26.1M to shareholders via buybacks ($17.4M) and dividends ($8.7M); $69.7M remaining on buyback authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-036852
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBW
- cik: 0001113809
- company_name: BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-04T23:59:59+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/1113809/000143774925036852/0001437749-25-036852-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774925036852/bbw20251203_8k.htm

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