Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (BBW) vs Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (BNED)

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. and Barnes & Noble Education, Inc are both Specialty Retail companies. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $455.9M against $321.5M — 1.4× the size. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 6.2× against 19.9×. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.03% against −0.91%. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.96% vs 1.29%) and the higher return on invested capital (28.8% vs 6.73%). Both pay a dividend; Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. yields more (3.65% vs 1.24%). Across the 22 metrics below, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. leads on 14 and Barnes & Noble Education, Inc on 8.

Valuation

Metric BBW BNED Specialty Retail median
P/E 6.18 19.91 18.18
P/S 0.60 0.26 0.47
P/B 1.95 1.61 1.95
Price to free cash flow 12.63 9.16 11.85
EV/EBITDA 3.68 10.11 8.54
EV/Sales 0.59 0.46 0.64
Earnings yield 16.19% 5.02% 3.67%
Free cash flow yield 7.92% 10.92% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric BBW BNED Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 56.69% 21.42% 37.89%
Operating margin 12.88% 2.47% 3.66%
Net margin 9.96% 1.29% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 4.74% 2.84% 0.85%
Return on equity 32.81% 8.31% 2.46%
Return on assets 15.81% 2.47% 0.16%
Return on invested capital 28.75% 6.73% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BBW BNED Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.91%) 5.03% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 5.00% 119.60% 15.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.72% 4.04% 3.88%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BBW BNED Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.44 0.27
Current ratio 1.60 1.66 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA (0.33) 0.86 0.24

Dividend

Metric BBW BNED Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield 3.65% 1.24% 1.44%
Payout ratio 0.23 0.25 0.26

Size

Metric BBW BNED Specialty Retail median
Market cap 321.53m 455.85m 335.32m

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