ARKO Corp. (ARKO) vs Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (BBW)

ARKO Corp. and Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. ARKO Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $474.6M against $311.3M — 1.5× the size. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 6.4× against 53.5×. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.91% against −2.05%. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.96% vs 0.11%) and the higher return on invested capital (28.8% vs 5.70%). Across the 22 metrics below, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. leads on 16 and ARKO Corp. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ARKO BBW Specialty Retail median
P/E 53.50 6.38 17.14
P/S 0.06 0.62 0.48
P/B 1.02 2.01 1.71
Price to free cash flow 10.86 13.04 13.04
EV/EBITDA 5.16 4.03 8.92
EV/Sales 0.14 0.64 0.64
Earnings yield 1.87% 15.68% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 9.21% 7.67% 3.02%

Profitability

Metric ARKO BBW Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 14.68% 56.69% 37.89%
Operating margin 1.23% 12.88% 3.66%
Net margin 0.11% 9.96% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 0.56% 4.74% 1.44%
Return on equity 2.46% 32.81% 2.58%
Return on assets 0.25% 15.81% 0.25%
Return on invested capital 5.70% 28.75% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ARKO BBW Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.05%) (0.91%) 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.38% 5.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.60% 15.72% 3.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (20.49%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARKO BBW Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 1.85 0.00 0.27
Current ratio 1.60 1.60 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA 3.59 (0.33) 0.24

Dividend

Metric ARKO BBW Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 1.49% — 1.73%
Payout ratio 0.31 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ARKO BBW Specialty Retail median
Market cap 474.55m 311.31m 348.57m

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