Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Receives Media Impact Rating of -0.07

News coverage about Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) has been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Build-A-Bear Workshop earned a media sentiment score of -0.07 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media stories about the specialty retailer an impact score of 43.9525750448852 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the next few days.

Here are some of the media stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s rankings:

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A number of brokerages have issued reports on BBW. ValuEngine lowered Build-A-Bear Workshop from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 12th. Zacks Investment Research lowered Build-A-Bear Workshop from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, June 1st.

Build-A-Bear Workshop traded up $0.10, reaching $7.80, during trading on Thursday, MarketBeat reports. 113,700 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 123,418. Build-A-Bear Workshop has a 1-year low of $7.25 and a 1-year high of $11.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $115.68 million, a PE ratio of 14.72 and a beta of -0.48.

Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 31st. The specialty retailer reported $0.02 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.25 by ($0.23). Build-A-Bear Workshop had a return on equity of 5.54% and a net margin of 1.57%. The firm had revenue of $83.18 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.30 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.17 EPS. analysts predict that Build-A-Bear Workshop will post 0.5 EPS for the current year.

About Build-A-Bear Workshop

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc operates as a specialty retailer of plush animals and related products. The company operates through three segments: Direct-to-Consumer, International Franchising, and Commercial. Its merchandise comprises a range of styles of stuffed animals; clothing, shoes, and accessories for the stuffed animals; and other toy and novelty items.