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 $385.8M against $311.3M — 1.2× the size. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 6.4× against 17.5×. 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%). Across the 21 metrics below, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. leads on 13 and Barnes & Noble Education, Inc on 8.

Valuation

Metric BBW BNED Specialty Retail median
P/E 6.38 17.48 17.14
P/S 0.62 0.23 0.48
P/B 2.01 1.41 1.71
Price to free cash flow 13.04 8.04 13.04
EV/EBITDA 4.03 9.41 8.92
EV/Sales 0.64 0.43 0.64
Earnings yield 15.68% 5.72% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 7.67% 12.44% 3.02%

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% 1.44%
Return on equity 32.81% 8.31% 2.58%
Return on assets 15.81% 2.47% 0.25%
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% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.72% 4.04% 3.70%
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 — — 1.73%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric BBW BNED Specialty Retail median
Market cap 311.31m 385.82m 348.57m

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