Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Competitors

Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) and Camping World (NYSE:CWH) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Is BBW or CWH a better dividend stock?

Build-A-Bear Workshop pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Camping World pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Build-A-Bear Workshop pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Camping World pays out -65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Camping World is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend BBW or CWH?

Build-A-Bear Workshop presently has a consensus target price of $52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.11%. Camping World has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.99%. Given Camping World's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Camping World is more favorable than Build-A-Bear Workshop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Build-A-Bear Workshop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Camping World	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more volatility & risk, BBW or CWH?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camping World has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BBW or CWH more profitable?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Camping World's net margin of -0.40%. Build-A-Bear Workshop's return on equity of 38.35% beat Camping World's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Build-A-Bear Workshop	10.58%	38.35%	17.82%
Camping World	-0.40%	-23.77%	-0.86%

Does the media prefer BBW or CWH?

In the previous week, Camping World had 3 more articles in the media than Build-A-Bear Workshop. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Camping World and 8 mentions for Build-A-Bear Workshop. Build-A-Bear Workshop's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Camping World's score of 0.27 indicating that Build-A-Bear Workshop is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Build-A-Bear Workshop	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Camping World	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BBW or CWH?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Camping World. Camping World is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Build-A-Bear Workshop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Build-A-Bear Workshop	$496.40M	1.05	$52.81M	$3.81	10.20
Camping World	$6.10B	0.30	$31.04M	-$0.76	-23.37

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BBW or CWH?

79.3% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Camping World shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.8% of Camping World shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BBW or CWH?

Camping World received 47 more outperform votes than Build-A-Bear Workshop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.72% of users gave Camping World an outperform vote while only 62.31% of users gave Build-A-Bear Workshop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Build-A-Bear Workshop	Outperform Votes 410 62.31%	Underperform Votes 248 37.69%
Camping World	Outperform Votes 457 68.72%	Underperform Votes 208 31.28%

Summary

Build-A-Bear Workshop and Camping World tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.