Business
Build-A-Bear is an experiential specialty retailer where guests create personalized plush products, with retail, commercial, gift-card, and international-franchise revenue rows.
Build-A-Bear grew revenue and free cash flow while net income was roughly flat and insiders were sales-only.
The read at a glance✓ Audited against SEC data
- Business mix — Experiential plush retailNote
- Revenue — Revenue rose 6.7%OK
- Profit — Net income roughly flatNote
- Cash — Free cash flow rose 42.3%OK
- Balance sheet — Equity rose 11.5%OK
- Insiders — 0 purchases / 8 salesWatch
- Accounting — Earnings-quality safe; Altman-Z and Beneish-M unavailableNote
Where the revenue comes from
Fiscal 2026, as BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC reports it. History and quarterly detail are in the app.
- Direct to Consumer$486.0M
- Commercial$38.8M
Leadership changes
From BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC's own filings, the day they're filed.
- J. Christopher Hurt · Chief Executive Officer · departureeff. 2026-06-11
- Eric Fencl · Chief Administrative Officer · departureeff. 2025-08-01
- Yevgeny Fundler · Chief Legal Officer · departureeff. 2025-08-01
Latest filings
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-08-27
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-06-12
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-06-12
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-06-11
- 10-Q · Quarterly report2026-06-11
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