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Build-A-Bear Workshop

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Build-A-Bear Workshop has retired 40.4% of its shares since 2007, from 20,677,764 to 12,319,335.

40.4%retired since 2007
23.4%last 5 years
6.1%last 12 months
12Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2005 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 201721M shares, 200712M20052010201520202025
2005, 19,610,3122026-09-08, 12,319,335
A share bought in 2005
1.6× more of Build-A-Bear Workshop today, without buying another share. It was one of 19,610,312 shares then. It is one of 12,319,335 now.
Every filing we read21 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20052005-03-2419,610,31210-Kcover page
20062007-03-0920,572,12610-Kcover page
20072008-03-0720,677,76410-Kcover page
20092009-03-1319,453,81010-Kcover page
20102010-01-0220,447,34310-K
20112011-01-0119,631,62310-K
20122012-03-1217,394,45710-K
20132013-03-0817,150,84010-K
20142014-03-0717,400,52810-K
20152015-03-1317,412,15210-K
20162016-03-1115,829,72510-K
20172017-03-1015,838,15710-K
20182018-03-0914,900,45210-K
20192019-04-1214,924,61910-K
20202020-04-1315,188,24310-K
20212021-04-1215,979,03910-K
20222022-04-1115,679,87510-K
20232023-04-1014,677,26110-K
20242024-04-1513,980,20610-K
20252025-04-1413,144,13010-K
20262026-04-1412,580,47910-K/A

Source: all 10-K filings of Build-A-Bear Workshop on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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Build-A-Bear Workshop buybacks, answered

Is Build-A-Bear Workshop buying back its stock?

Yes. Build-A-Bear Workshop has 6.1% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 12,319,335 as of September 8, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 23.4%.

How many shares has Build-A-Bear Workshop bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Build-A-Bear Workshop has 8.4 million fewer shares than at its 2007 peak. That is 40.4% of the company. Since fiscal 2011 alone it bought back about 8.5 million shares, while the count fell by 7.3 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Build-A-Bear Workshop have outstanding?

12,319,335 shares, as of September 8, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2007 peak it had 20,677,764.

What do Build-A-Bear Workshop's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Build-A-Bear Workshop stock in 2007 owns 1.7 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Build-A-Bear Workshop compare with other cannibal stocks?

Build-A-Bear Workshop ranks No. 115 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: TE Connectivity (41.4%), Walmart (40.8%), Northrop Grumman (40.1%), Owens Corning (40.0%).

Every answer is computed from Build-A-Bear Workshop's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Superinvestors who own it

Bill MillerMiller Value Partners133,567 shares, $4.1M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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