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 community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.

Is BBW or CWH a better dividend stock?

Build-A-Bear Workshop pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Camping World pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Build-A-Bear Workshop pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Camping World pays out -72.5% 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.

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 MarketBeat Community prefer BBW or CWH?

Camping World received 47 more outperform votes than Build-A-Bear Workshop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.63% of users gave Camping World an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Build-A-Bear Workshop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Build-A-Bear Workshop	Outperform Votes 408 62.39%	Underperform Votes 246 37.61%
Camping World	Outperform Votes 455 68.63%	Underperform Votes 208 31.37%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	$486.11M	1.08	$52.81M	$3.76	10.41
Camping World	$6.23B	0.31	$31.04M	-$0.69	-33.19

Do analysts recommend BBW or CWH?

Build-A-Bear Workshop currently has a consensus target price of $52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.15%. Camping World has a consensus target price of $27.75, suggesting a potential upside of 21.18%. Given Build-A-Bear Workshop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Build-A-Bear Workshop is more favorable than Camping World.

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)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Does the media prefer BBW or CWH?

In the previous week, Build-A-Bear Workshop had 4 more articles in the media than Camping World. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Build-A-Bear Workshop and 3 mentions for Camping World. Camping World's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Build-A-Bear Workshop's score of 0.66 indicating that Camping World is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Build-A-Bear Workshop	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Camping World	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BBW or CWH?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camping World has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Build-A-Bear Workshop beats Camping World on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.