BBWBuild-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
What is the market doing?
The market is leaning against it: in a downtrend (−38% vs 200-day) and a crowded short (+23% of shares).
In a downtrend, below its 50- and 200-day averages. Price is −38% vs its 200-day average.
A crowded short, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How BBW is trading
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. is −57% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 73 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- −38%
vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend
- RSI (14)
- 36
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 66%
Below its 52-week high
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- Last close2026-10-23
- $23.79
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- −5.2%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- −57%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +84%
- vs 50-day average$28.57
- −17%
- 52-week high
- $70.12
- 52-week low
- $23.37
- Annualised volatility
- 59%
- Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
- $104K
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −61% |
| 2025 | +35% |
| 2024 | +106% |
| 2023 | +2.8% |
| 2022 | +22% |
| 2021 | +385% |
| 2020 | +32% |
| 2019 | −18% |
| 2018 | −57% |
| 2017 | −33% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 4 of 10 | +4.3% |
| Feb | 10 | 5 of 10 | −0.92% |
| Mar | 10 | 4 of 10 | −4.5% |
| Apr | 10 | 5 of 10 | +10% |
| May | 10 | 5 of 10 | +8.2% |
| Jun | 10 | 4 of 10 | −1.1% |
| Jul | 11 | 6 of 11 | +0.08% |
| Aug | 11 | 6 of 11 | +1.8% |
| Sep | 11 | 4 of 11 | −0.49% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | +7.6% |
| Nov | 10 | 5 of 10 | +0.89% |
| Dec | 10 | 7 of 10 | +3.8% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.