Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to CWH or BBW?

In the previous week, Camping World had 8 more articles in the media than Build-A-Bear Workshop. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Camping World and 0 mentions for Build-A-Bear Workshop. Camping World's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Build-A-Bear Workshop's score of 0.00 indicating that Camping World is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Camping World	Positive
Build-A-Bear Workshop	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CWH or BBW?

Camping World received 48 more outperform votes than Build-A-Bear Workshop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.67% 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
Camping World	Outperform Votes 456 68.67%	Underperform Votes 208 31.33%
Build-A-Bear Workshop	Outperform Votes 408 62.39%	Underperform Votes 246 37.61%

Which has more volatility and risk, CWH or BBW?

Camping World has a beta of 2.49, suggesting that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Build-A-Bear Workshop has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CWH or BBW 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
Camping World	-0.40%	-23.77%	-0.86%
Build-A-Bear Workshop	10.58%	38.35%	17.82%

Do analysts recommend CWH or BBW?

Camping World presently has a consensus target price of $27.71, indicating a potential upside of 36.56%. Build-A-Bear Workshop has a consensus target price of $52.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.39%. Given Build-A-Bear Workshop's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
Camping World	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Build-A-Bear Workshop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, CWH or BBW?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Camping World	$6.23B	0.28	$31.04M	-$0.69	-29.41
Build-A-Bear Workshop	$486.11M	1.06	$52.81M	$3.76	10.16

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

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

Is CWH or BBW a better dividend stock?

Camping World pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Build-A-Bear Workshop pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Camping World pays out -72.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Build-A-Bear Workshop pays out 21.3% 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.

Summary

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