Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026)

Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) recorded quarterly Retained Earnings of -$10.8 million in Q1 2026, down 110.69% on a QoQ basis from $100.7 million in Q4 2025, and up 14.29% year-over-year from -$9.4 million in Q1 2025.

Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Build-A-Bear Workshop has disclosed Retained Earnings across 16 years of filings, most recently posting -$10.8 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 14.29% year-over-year to -$10.8 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was -$10.8 million (up 14.29% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at -$10.8 million, up 14.29% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings fell to -$10.8 million in Q1 2026, from $100.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at $104.9 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at -$12.6 million in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $26.1 million and a median of -$10.8 million in 2026 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Retained Earnings plunged 171.89% — and 2025, when it jumped 952.56%.
  • Tracing BBW's Retained Earnings over 5 years: stood at -$12.3 million in 2022, then advanced by 0.14% to -$12.3 million in 2023, then advanced by 4.12% to -$11.8 million in 2024, then soared by 952.56% to $100.7 million in 2025, then sank by 110.69% to -$10.8 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BBW's Retained Earnings at -$10.8 million in Q1 2026, $100.7 million in Q4 2025, and $104.9 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Caseys General Stores 27.84 Bn 27.38 Bn 1.01 Bn 3.85 Bn
2 Williams Sonoma 24.59 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.10 Bn -13.18 Mn
3 Ulta Beauty 20.75 Bn 20.25 Bn 1.48 Bn 1.74 Bn
4 Dick'S Sporting Goods 17.81 Bn 16.45 Bn 1.77 Bn 6.83 Bn
5 Tractor Supply 15.90 Bn 15.67 Bn 1.30 Bn 7.56 Bn
6 Best Buy 15.61 Bn 13.87 Bn 2.10 Bn 2.68 Bn
7 NaaS Technology 14.72 Bn 14.70 Bn - -1.23 Bn
8 Five Below 10.27 Bn 9.34 Bn 696.98 Mn 2.01 Bn
9 Murphy USA 10.20 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.98 Bn 4.30 Bn
10 Build-A-Bear Workshop 430.11 Mn 403.35 Mn 85.31 Mn -10.76 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -10.76 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 100.70 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 104.87 Mn
May 3, 2025 -11.30 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 -12.55 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 -11.81 Mn
Aug 3, 2024 74.74 Mn
May 4, 2024 76.29 Mn
Feb 3, 2024 75.27 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 -12.32 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 52.97 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 -12.18 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 -12.27 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 -12.34 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 36.69 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -12.45 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 30.50 Mn
Oct 30, 2021 -12.50 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 24.16 Mn
May 1, 2021 17.32 Mn