BBW vs MAT vs GME Stock Comparison

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Mattel and GameStop Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BBW Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc
$27.48 +7.8% 1M -50.0% 1Y
Market cap
$345.29M
P/E
6.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$517.75M
Div. yield
0.03%
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
MAT Mattel Inc /De/
$15.48 +17.1% 1M -18.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.43B
P/E
10.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.49B
Div. yield
–
Toys Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
GME GameStop Corp.
$24.00 +1.1% 1M +2.7% 1Y
Market cap
$10.76B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.55B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

GameStop leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (GameStop 5, Build-A-Bear Workshop 4, Mattel 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBBWMATGMELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $345.29M $4.43B $10.76B GME
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 6.7x 10.4x 12.0x BBW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.5x 11.7x 12.7x BBW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.9% +2.9% -7.7% MAT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.0% 7.8% 25.2% GME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.3% 3.9% MAT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.0x -1.8x GME
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -50.0% -18.7% +2.7% GME
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.9%/yr -6.6%/yr -12.2%/yr BBW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.5% 44.9% 39.3% GME
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 62/100 61/100 BBW

Percentile Scorecard

BBWMATGME

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBBWMATGME
Valuation 80 #22 of 104 76 #9 of 34 56 #46 of 104
Growth 20 #79 of 98 26 #24 of 32 87 #14 of 98
Profitability 89 #12 of 97 77 #8 of 32 69 #31 of 97
Financial Health 70 #34 of 110 31 #23 of 33 77 #26 of 110
Shareholder Returns 61 #28 of 70 100 #1 of 18 16 #59 of 70
Overall 64 62 61
  • BBW ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • MAT ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products
  • GME ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBBWMATGMESPY
1 month +7.8%+17.1%+1.1% +0.7%
3 months -22.3%+1.8%+9.6% +3.7%
6 months -25.6%+2.7%-3.8% +7.1%
Year to date -55.1%-22.0%+19.5% +12.8%
1 year -50.0%-18.7%+2.7% +11.9%
3 years +11.7%-17.5%+87.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year +3.7%-6.2%+23.3% +22.8%
5 years +75.3%-29.0%-47.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year +11.9%-6.6%-12.2% +10.9%
10 years +119.8%-51.2%+301.7% +262.0%
10 years, per year +8.2%-6.9%+14.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBBWMATGMESPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.5%44.9%39.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 68.6%50.5%40.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.870.520.52 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.86-0.420.07 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.2%-53.1%-83.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.3%-30.1%-14.4% -1.2%
52-week high $71.03$22.16$28.03 $779.14
52-week low $23.37$12.66$17.87 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBBWMATGME
P/E now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 17.0x 10.5xmedian 18.6x 12.1xmedian 17.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.5x 0.8xmedian 1.1x 3.0xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 9.2x 10.3xmedian 10.1x 20.0xmedian 9.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.0xmedian 15.6x 8.6xmedian 11.2x 15.7xmedian 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.7x 2.2xmedian 1.5x 1.8xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.16median 0.77 0.32median 1.04 0.14median 0.77

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBBWMATGME
Revenue $517.75M $5.49B $3.55B
Gross profit $293.49M $2.61B $1.35B
Operating income $66.71M $429.10M $480.00M
Net income $51.58M $427.37M $893.30M
Free cash flow $24.54M $512.60M $688.00M
EPS (diluted) $4.15 $1.48 $1.51
Cash & equivalents $14.00M $523.86M $4.85B
Total debt – $2.33B $4.17B
Shares (diluted) 12.43M 288.93M 592.60M
Enterprise value $250.54M $1.11B -$20.52B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBBWMATGME
P/E 6.6x 10.5x 12.1x
P/FCF 14.0x 8.6x 15.7x
P/Operating cash flow 5.8x 6.6x 15.3x
P/S 0.7x 0.8x 3.0x
P/B 2.2x 2.2x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 2.9x 1.8x
EV/EBITDA 4.0x 10.3x 20.0x
EV/EBIT 4.9x 14.5x 20.6x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 1.1x 2.8x
EV/FCF 13.4x 12.2x 14.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.6x 9.4x 14.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.16 0.32 0.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBBWMATGME
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.9% 2.9% -7.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.6% 2.8% -15.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.3% -4.9% 16.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.4% 4.8% -1.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -10.9% -36.2% 370.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.5% 0.9% 80.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -12.9% -18.8% 146.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.4% 23.5% 122.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -8.0% -8.5% 127.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 32.6% 87.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.3% -10.3% 41.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -6.5% 7.1% 32.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -47.5% -13.9% 42.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -24.4% 5.3% 38.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBBWMATGME
Gross margin 56.7% 47.5% 37.9%
EBITDA margin 15.9% 11.0% 13.9%
Operating margin 12.9% 7.8% 13.5%
Pretax margin 13.1% 8.8% 30.6%
Net margin 10.0% 7.8% 25.2%
FCF margin 4.7% 9.3% 19.4%
Operating cash flow margin 11.4% 12.1% 19.8%
Return on equity 32.4% 20.0% 14.9%
Return on assets 15.0% 6.5% 8.1%
Return on invested capital – 8.3% 3.9%
Return on capital employed 24.9% 8.5% 4.6%
Asset turnover 1.5x 0.9x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.6x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 1.3% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBBWMATGME
Debt / assets – 36.7% 37.4%
Debt / equity – 1.2x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.0x -1.8x
Debt / FCF – 4.6x 6.1x
Liabilities / assets 52.4% 68.6% 44.9%
Equity / assets 47.6% 31.4% 55.1%
Interest coverage – 3.5x –
Current ratio 1.6x 1.9x 8.7x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.0x 7.6x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.4x 7.4x
Altman Z-score 4.01 2.81 2.43

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBBWMATGME
Dividend yield 3.3% – –
Net buyback yield 11.0% 15.4% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 14.3% 15.4% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 22.2% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 46.7% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.3% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -19.6% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBBWMATGME
Forward P/E 8.5xFY2026 11.7xFY2026 12.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.25FY2026 $1.32FY2026 $1.89FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -18.5%FY2026 -6.4%FY2026 +60.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.6% +10.6% +3.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $533.87MFY2026 $6.04BFY2026 $3.99BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.8%FY2026 +12.8%FY2026 +9.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.5% -5.6% +13.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBBWMATGME
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 35.5%
Institutions holding 176 405 378
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.1% +1.8% +2.7%
Institutions buying 92 151 175
Institutions selling 45 169 113
Buyers to sellers 2.04 0.89 1.55

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BBWMATGME
BBW 1.00 0.26 0.03
MAT 0.26 1.00 0.12
GME 0.03 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BBW, MAT and GME?

GameStop (GME) is the largest by market capitalisation: Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) $345.29M, Mattel (MAT) $4.43B, GameStop (GME) $10.76B.

Which stock is cheaper, BBW, MAT and GME?

Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 6.7x, Mattel (MAT) 10.4x, GameStop (GME) 12.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) is cheapest (Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 8.5x, Mattel (MAT) 11.7x, GameStop (GME) 12.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Mattel (MAT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) -0.9%, Mattel (MAT) +2.9%, GameStop (GME) -7.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

GameStop (GME) has the highest net margin (Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 10.0%, Mattel (MAT) 7.8%, GameStop (GME) 25.2%). On return on invested capital, Mattel (MAT) leads (Mattel (MAT) 8.3%, GameStop (GME) 3.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year GameStop (GME) returned the most: Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) -50.0%, Mattel (MAT) -18.7%, GameStop (GME) +2.7%. Over five years, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) compounded fastest (Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) +11.9%/yr, Mattel (MAT) -6.6%/yr, GameStop (GME) -12.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 0.03%, Mattel (MAT) 0.00%, GameStop (GME) 0.00%. Mattel (MAT) and GameStop (GME) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, GameStop (GME) has been the steadiest (Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 58.5%, Mattel (MAT) 44.9%, GameStop (GME) 39.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BBW, MAT and GME?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, GameStop (GME) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.