Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) recorded quarterly Gross Margin of 55.21% in Q1 2026, up 2.91% on a QoQ basis from 53.65% in Q4 2025, and down 138.0% year-over-year from 145.3% in Q1 2025.

Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Build-A-Bear Workshop has disclosed Gross Margin across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 55.21% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 138.0% year-over-year to 55.21% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 55.8% (up 90.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 55.8%, up 90.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin advanced to 55.21% in Q1 2026, from 53.65% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 57.56% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 49.57% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 54.22% and a median of 54.12% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Gross Margin plunged 363 bps — and 2023, when it soared 411 bps.
  • Tracing BBW's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 52.0% in 2022, then grew by 1 bps to 52.65% in 2023, then grew by 3 bps to 54.12% in 2024, then slipped by 1 bps to 53.65% in 2025, then advanced by 3 bps to 55.21% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BBW's Gross Margin at 55.21% in Q1 2026, 53.65% in Q4 2025, and 57.56% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 28.23 Bn 27.77 Bn 1.01 Bn 25.70%
2 Williams Sonoma 25.94 Bn 24.92 Bn 1.10 Bn 46.87%
3 Ulta Beauty 21.42 Bn 20.93 Bn 1.48 Bn 38.06%
4 Dick'S Sporting Goods 18.30 Bn 16.95 Bn 1.77 Bn 28.43%
5 Best Buy 15.81 Bn 14.06 Bn 2.10 Bn 23.52%
6 Tractor Supply 15.78 Bn 15.56 Bn 1.30 Bn 36.22%
7 NaaS Technology 14.29 Bn 14.27 Bn - -
8 Five Below 10.51 Bn 9.58 Bn 696.98 Mn 40.32%
9 Murphy USA 10.28 Bn 10.16 Bn 3.98 Bn 82.59%
10 Build-A-Bear Workshop 432.19 Mn 405.44 Mn 85.31 Mn 55.21%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 55.21%
Nov 1, 2025 53.65%
Aug 2, 2025 57.56%
May 3, 2025 56.84%
Feb 1, 2025 56.59%
Nov 2, 2024 54.12%
Aug 3, 2024 54.18%
May 4, 2024 54.18%
Feb 3, 2024 56.42%
Oct 28, 2023 52.65%
Jul 29, 2023 53.68%
Apr 29, 2023 54.06%
Jan 28, 2023 54.99%
Oct 29, 2022 52.00%
Jul 30, 2022 49.57%
Apr 30, 2022 52.55%
Jan 29, 2022 53.49%
Oct 30, 2021 52.15%
Jul 31, 2021 53.20%
May 1, 2021 52.82%