Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Competitors

Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) and Revolve Group (NYSE:RVLV) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer BBW or RVLV?

Build-A-Bear Workshop presently has a consensus price target of $52.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.68%. Revolve Group has a consensus price target of $28.87, indicating a potential upside of 39.45%. Given Build-A-Bear Workshop's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Build-A-Bear Workshop is more favorable than Revolve Group.

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
Revolve Group	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BBW or RVLV?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Revolve Group. Build-A-Bear Workshop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Revolve Group, 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	0.99	$52.81M	$3.81	9.59
Revolve Group	$1.13B	1.30	$28.15M	$0.68	30.44

Is BBW or RVLV more profitable?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Revolve Group's net margin of 3.72%. Build-A-Bear Workshop's return on equity of 38.35% beat Revolve Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Build-A-Bear Workshop	10.58%	38.35%	17.82%
Revolve Group	3.72%	10.17%	6.29%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BBW or RVLV?

Build-A-Bear Workshop received 218 more outperform votes than Revolve Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.31% of users gave Build-A-Bear Workshop an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave Revolve Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Build-A-Bear Workshop	Outperform Votes 410 62.31%	Underperform Votes 248 37.69%
Revolve Group	Outperform Votes 192 57.31%	Underperform Votes 143 42.69%

Which has more volatility & risk, BBW or RVLV?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Revolve Group has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

79.3% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.6% of Revolve Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.6% of Revolve Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor BBW or RVLV?

In the previous week, Revolve Group had 8 more articles in the media than Build-A-Bear Workshop. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Revolve Group and 7 mentions for Build-A-Bear Workshop. Build-A-Bear Workshop's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Revolve Group's score of 0.66 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Revolve Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Build-A-Bear Workshop beats Revolve Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.