secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC (BBW)
CIK:        0001113809
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-27T10:55:16+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-029054
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Build-A-Bear Q2 revenue down 7.2%, EPS $0.70; cuts FY26 outlook
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- Q2 total revenues $115.3M vs $124.2M prior; pre-tax income $11.6M vs $15.3M; diluted EPS $0.70 vs $0.94.
- FY26 revenue outlook lowered to $500-525M; pre-tax income lowered to $60-68M, includes ~$13M IEEPA tariff refund.
- CFO David Henderson terminated without cause Aug 26, 2026; gets $501,500 severance plus benefits.
- H1 returned $22.7M to shareholders via buybacks and dividends; cash balance down 64.2% to $14.0M.
- Net new 5 locations in Q2; 674 global locations at quarter end.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774926029054/0001437749-26-029054-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774926029054/bbw20260826_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-029054

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