Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Build-A-Bear Workshop's (BBW) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 27.94% in Q2 2026, down 532.0% YoY from 6.47% in Q2 2025, and up 3.21% on a QoQ basis from 27.07% in Q1 2026.
Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 27.94% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 532.0% year-over-year to 27.94% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was 27.94% (down 532.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 29.25%, down 360.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 27.94% in Q2 2026, from 27.07% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 39.52% in Q3 2023 to a low of 27.07% in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of 33.13% and a median of 32.69% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed surged 4131 bps — and 2024, when it sank 736 bps.
- Tracing BBW's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 33.93% in 2022, then advanced by 15 bps to 38.93% in 2023, then slipped by 15 bps to 32.96% in 2024, then declined by 8 bps to 30.31% in 2025, then fell by 8 bps to 27.94% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 27.94% (Q2 2026), 27.07% (Q1 2026), and 30.31% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 27.94% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 27.07% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 30.31% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 32.24% |
| May 3, 2025 | 33.26% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 31.79% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 32.96% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 32.16% |
| May 4, 2024 | 31.94% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 36.80% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 38.93% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 39.52% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 35.24% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 36.62% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 33.93% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 33.61% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 32.42% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 29.52% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 23.74% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 19.69% |