BBW vs MAT vs SIG Stock Comparison

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Mattel and Signet Jewelers 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
5 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
SIG Signet Jewelers Ltd
$119.11 +14.1% 1M +17.6% 1Y
Market cap
$4.58B
P/E
12.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.82B
Div. yield
0.01%
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Build-A-Bear Workshop leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Build-A-Bear Workshop 5, Signet Jewelers 3, Mattel 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBBWMATSIGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $345.29M $4.43B $4.58B SIG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 6.7x 10.4x 12.9x BBW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.5x 11.7x 9.8x BBW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.9% +2.9% +0.6% MAT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.0% 7.8% 5.2% BBW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.3% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.03% 0.00% 0.01% BBW
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -50.0% -18.7% +17.6% SIG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.9%/yr -6.6%/yr +6.0%/yr BBW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.5% 44.9% 50.0% MAT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 62/100 67/100 SIG

Percentile Scorecard

BBWMATSIG

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

AxisBBWMATSIG
Valuation 80 #22 of 104 76 #9 of 34 76 #26 of 104
Growth 20 #79 of 98 26 #24 of 32 46 #53 of 98
Profitability 89 #12 of 97 77 #8 of 32 72 #28 of 97
Financial Health 70 #34 of 110 31 #23 of 33 58 #47 of 110
Shareholder Returns 61 #28 of 70 100 #1 of 18 81 #14 of 70
Overall 64 62 67
  • BBW ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • MAT ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products
  • SIG ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBBWMATSIGSPY
1 month +7.8%+17.1%+14.1% +0.7%
3 months -22.3%+1.8%+24.3% +3.7%
6 months -25.6%+2.7%+33.8% +7.1%
Year to date -55.1%-22.0%+43.7% +12.8%
1 year -50.0%-18.7%+17.6% +11.9%
3 years +11.7%-17.5%+71.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +3.7%-6.2%+19.7% +22.8%
5 years +75.3%-29.0%+33.6% +67.6%
5 years, per year +11.9%-6.6%+6.0% +10.9%
10 years +119.8%-51.2%+48.1% +262.0%
10 years, per year +8.2%-6.9%+4.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBBWMATSIGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.5%44.9%50.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 68.6%50.5%43.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.870.521.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.86-0.420.35 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.2%-53.1%-57.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.3%-30.1%0.0% -1.2%
52-week high $71.03$22.16$119.11 $779.14
52-week low $23.37$12.66$73.94 $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.

MultipleBBWMATSIG
P/E now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 17.0x 10.5xmedian 18.6x 13.1xmedian 17.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.5x 0.8xmedian 1.1x 0.7xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 9.2x 10.3xmedian 10.1x 6.7xmedian 9.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.0xmedian 15.6x 8.6xmedian 11.2x 8.6xmedian 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.7x 2.2xmedian 1.5x 2.5xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.16median 0.77 0.32median 1.04 5.08median 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 monthsBBWMATSIG
Revenue $517.75M $5.49B $6.82B
Gross profit $293.49M $2.61B $2.66B
Operating income $66.71M $429.10M $466.60M
Net income $51.58M $427.37M $353.80M
Free cash flow $24.54M $512.60M $536.50M
EPS (diluted) $4.15 $1.48 $9.00
Cash & equivalents $14.00M $523.86M $526.80M
Total debt – $2.33B –
Shares (diluted) 12.43M 288.93M 39.30M
Enterprise value $250.54M $1.11B $2.34B

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
MetricBBWMATSIG
P/E 6.6x 10.5x 13.1x
P/FCF 14.0x 8.6x 8.6x
P/Operating cash flow 5.8x 6.6x 6.6x
P/S 0.7x 0.8x 0.7x
P/B 2.2x 2.2x 2.5x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 2.9x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA 4.0x 10.3x 6.7x
EV/EBIT 4.9x 14.5x 8.8x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 1.1x 0.6x
EV/FCF 13.4x 12.2x 7.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.6x 9.4x 5.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.16 0.32 5.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBBWMATSIG
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.9% 2.9% 0.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.6% 2.8% -3.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.3% -4.9% -0.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.4% 4.8% -2.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -10.9% -36.2% 119.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.5% 0.9% -8.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -12.9% -18.8% 168.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.4% 23.5% -10.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -8.0% -8.5% 183.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 32.6% 2.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.3% -10.3% 12.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -6.5% 7.1% 1.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -47.5% -13.9% 18.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -24.4% 5.3% 0.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBBWMATSIG
Gross margin 56.7% 47.5% 39.1%
EBITDA margin 15.9% 11.0% 8.9%
Operating margin 12.9% 7.8% 6.8%
Pretax margin 13.1% 8.8% 6.8%
Net margin 10.0% 7.8% 5.2%
FCF margin 4.7% 9.3% 7.9%
Operating cash flow margin 11.4% 12.1% 10.2%
Return on equity 32.4% 20.0% 19.0%
Return on assets 15.0% 6.5% 6.3%
Return on invested capital – 8.3% –
Return on capital employed 24.9% 8.5% 11.7%
Asset turnover 1.5x 0.9x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.6x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 1.3% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBBWMATSIG
Debt / assets – 36.7% –
Debt / equity – 1.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.0x –
Debt / FCF – 4.6x –
Liabilities / assets 52.4% 68.6% 67.1%
Equity / assets 47.6% 31.4% 32.9%
Interest coverage – 3.5x –
Current ratio 1.6x 1.9x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.0x 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.4x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 4.01 2.81 3.47

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBBWMATSIG
Dividend yield 3.3% – 1.2%
Net buyback yield 11.0% 15.4% 4.9%
Shareholder yield 14.3% 15.4% 6.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 22.2% – 15.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) 46.7% – 9.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.3% – 3.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -19.6% – 12.0%

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.

ConsensusBBWMATSIG
Forward P/E 8.5xFY2026 11.7xFY2026 9.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.25FY2026 $1.32FY2026 $12.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -18.5%FY2026 -6.4%FY2026 +26.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.6% +10.6% +8.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $533.87MFY2026 $6.04BFY2026 $7.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.8%FY2026 +12.8%FY2026 +5.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.5% -5.6% -7.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBBWMATSIG
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 176 405 333
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.1% +1.8% -2.7%
Institutions buying 92 151 174
Institutions selling 45 169 112
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.

BBWMATSIG
BBW 1.00 0.26 0.27
MAT 0.26 1.00 0.23
SIG 0.27 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BBW, MAT and SIG?

Signet Jewelers (SIG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) $345.29M, Mattel (MAT) $4.43B, Signet Jewelers (SIG) $4.58B.

Which stock is cheaper, BBW, MAT and SIG?

Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 6.7x, Mattel (MAT) 10.4x, Signet Jewelers (SIG) 12.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) is cheapest (Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 8.5x, Mattel (MAT) 11.7x, Signet Jewelers (SIG) 9.8x). 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%, Signet Jewelers (SIG) +0.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) has the highest net margin (Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 10.0%, Mattel (MAT) 7.8%, Signet Jewelers (SIG) 5.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Signet Jewelers (SIG) returned the most: Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) -50.0%, Mattel (MAT) -18.7%, Signet Jewelers (SIG) +17.6%. Over five years, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) compounded fastest (Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) +11.9%/yr, Mattel (MAT) -6.6%/yr, Signet Jewelers (SIG) +6.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) has the highest dividend yield: Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 0.03%, Mattel (MAT) 0.00%, Signet Jewelers (SIG) 0.01%. Mattel (MAT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mattel (MAT) has been the steadiest (Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 58.5%, Mattel (MAT) 44.9%, Signet Jewelers (SIG) 50.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 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.