MAT vs BBW vs ACCO Stock Comparison

Mattel, Build-A-Bear Workshop and Acco Brands Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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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
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
ACCO ACCO BRANDS Corp
$4.36 +3.1% 1M +11.5% 1Y
Market cap
$507.13M
P/E
7.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.57B
Div. yield
–
Toys Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Build-A-Bear Workshop leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Build-A-Bear Workshop 4, Acco Brands 3, Mattel 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMATBBWACCOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.43B $345.29M $507.13M MAT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.4x 6.7x 7.6x BBW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.7x 8.5x 4.7x ACCO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.9% -0.9% +1.5% MAT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.8% 10.0% — BBW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.3% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.0x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -18.7% -50.0% +11.5% ACCO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.6%/yr +11.9%/yr -12.0%/yr BBW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.9% 58.5% 39.1% ACCO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 64/100 62/100 BBW

Percentile Scorecard

MATBBWACCO

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

AxisMATBBWACCO
Valuation 76 #9 of 34 80 #22 of 104 97 #2 of 34
Growth 26 #24 of 32 20 #79 of 98 39 #20 of 32
Profitability 77 #8 of 32 89 #12 of 97 58 #14 of 32
Financial Health 31 #23 of 33 70 #34 of 110 28 #24 of 33
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 18 61 #28 of 70 88 #3 of 18
Overall 62 64 62
  • MAT ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products
  • BBW ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • ACCO ranked among 34 companies in Leisure Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMATBBWACCOSPY
1 month +17.1%+7.8%+3.1% +0.7%
3 months +1.8%-22.3%+2.8% +3.7%
6 months +2.7%-25.6%+35.8% +7.1%
Year to date -22.0%-55.1%+16.9% +12.8%
1 year -18.7%-50.0%+11.5% +11.9%
3 years -17.5%+11.7%-13.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year -6.2%+3.7%-4.8% +22.8%
5 years -29.0%+75.3%-47.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year -6.6%+11.9%-12.0% +10.9%
10 years -51.2%+119.8%-60.7% +262.0%
10 years, per year -6.9%+8.2%-8.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMATBBWACCOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.9%58.5%39.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.5%68.6%36.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.520.870.80 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.42-0.860.29 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -53.1%-69.2%-69.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.1%-61.3%-6.8% -1.2%
52-week high $22.16$71.03$4.68 $779.14
52-week low $12.66$23.37$2.84 $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.

MultipleMATBBWACCO
P/E now vs peer median 10.5xmedian 18.6x 6.6xmedian 17.0x 6.2xmedian 18.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.1x 0.7xmedian 0.5x 0.3xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.3xmedian 10.1x 4.0xmedian 9.2x —median 10.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 11.2x 14.0xmedian 15.6x 7.5xmedian 11.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.5x 2.2xmedian 1.7x 0.6xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.32median 1.04 1.16median 0.77 1.04median 1.04

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 monthsMATBBWACCO
Revenue $5.49B $517.75M $1.57B
Gross profit $2.61B $293.49M $520.80M
Operating income $429.10M $66.71M $90.20M
Net income $427.37M $51.58M $66.30M
Free cash flow $512.60M $24.54M –
EPS (diluted) $1.48 $4.15 $0.69
Cash & equivalents $523.86M $14.00M $174.70M
Total debt $2.33B – –
Shares (diluted) 288.93M 12.43M 95.60M
Enterprise value $1.11B $250.54M $507.13M

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
MetricMATBBWACCO
P/E 10.5x 6.6x 6.2x
P/FCF 8.6x 14.0x 7.5x
P/Operating cash flow 6.6x 5.8x 3.1x
P/S 0.8x 0.7x 0.3x
P/B 2.2x 2.2x 0.6x
P/Tangible book 2.9x 2.2x 14.3x
EV/EBITDA 10.3x 4.0x –
EV/EBIT 14.5x 4.9x –
EV/Revenue 1.1x 0.6x 0.3x
EV/FCF 12.2x 13.4x –
EV/Operating cash flow 9.4x 5.6x 3.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.32 1.16 1.04

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMATBBWACCO
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.9% -0.9% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.8% 2.6% -6.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -4.9% -0.3% 1.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.8% 4.4% -4.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -36.2% -10.9% -4.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.9% 0.5% 14.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -18.8% -12.9% 63.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 23.5% 0.4% 5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -8.5% -8.0% 59.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 32.6% 5.7% 5.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -10.3% -11.3% 43.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.1% -6.5% -6.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -13.9% -47.5% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.3% -24.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMATBBWACCO
Gross margin 47.5% 56.7% –
EBITDA margin 11.0% 15.9% –
Operating margin 7.8% 12.9% –
Pretax margin 8.8% 13.1% –
Net margin 7.8% 10.0% –
FCF margin 9.3% 4.7% –
Operating cash flow margin 12.1% 11.4% 8.3%
Return on equity 20.0% 32.4% –
Return on assets 6.5% 15.0% –
Return on invested capital 8.3% – –
Return on capital employed 8.5% 24.9% –
Asset turnover 0.9x 1.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.1x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% 0.6% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMATBBWACCO
Debt / assets 36.7% – –
Debt / equity 1.2x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 3.0x – –
Debt / FCF 4.6x – –
Liabilities / assets 68.6% 52.4% 69.4%
Equity / assets 31.4% 47.6% 30.6%
Interest coverage 3.5x – –
Current ratio 1.9x 1.6x 1.9x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.4x –
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 2.81 4.01 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMATBBWACCO
Dividend yield – 3.3% 6.5%
Net buyback yield 15.4% 11.0% –
Shareholder yield 15.4% 14.3% 6.5%
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.

ConsensusMATBBWACCO
Forward P/E 11.7xFY2026 8.5xFY2026 4.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.32FY2026 $3.25FY2026 $0.92FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -6.4%FY2026 -18.5%FY2026 +9.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.6% +8.6% +6.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.04BFY2026 $533.87MFY2026 $1.49BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.8%FY2026 +0.8%FY2026 -2.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -5.6% -6.5% +3.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMATBBWACCO
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 80.2%
Institutions holding 405 176 197
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% -0.1% +0.1%
Institutions buying 151 92 114
Institutions selling 169 45 48
Buyers to sellers 0.89 2.04 2.38

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.

MATBBWACCO
MAT 1.00 0.26 0.25
BBW 0.26 1.00 0.16
ACCO 0.25 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MAT, BBW and ACCO?

Mattel (MAT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Mattel (MAT) $4.43B, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) $345.29M, Acco Brands (ACCO) $507.13M.

Which stock is cheaper, MAT, BBW and ACCO?

Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Mattel (MAT) 10.4x, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 6.7x, Acco Brands (ACCO) 7.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Acco Brands (ACCO) is cheapest (Mattel (MAT) 11.7x, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 8.5x, Acco Brands (ACCO) 4.7x). 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: Mattel (MAT) +2.9%, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) -0.9%, Acco Brands (ACCO) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Acco Brands (ACCO) returned the most: Mattel (MAT) -18.7%, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) -50.0%, Acco Brands (ACCO) +11.5%. Over five years, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) compounded fastest (Mattel (MAT) -6.6%/yr, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) +11.9%/yr, Acco Brands (ACCO) -12.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Acco Brands (ACCO) has been the steadiest (Mattel (MAT) 44.9%, Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) 58.5%, Acco Brands (ACCO) 39.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 4. 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.