Who owns Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (BBW)
Which tracked institutional funds hold BBW, how they are positioned, and who is buying versus exiting — from SEC Form 13F-HR filings. See BBW company fundamentals →
Ownership as of the 2026-Q1 13F filings (latest filed 2026-05-18). 13F is disclosed up to 45 days after quarter-end, so the most recent quarter fills in over the following weeks.
How the tape is positioned
The tracked-fund tape on BBW is one-sided between 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1: 20 added or opened and 77 trimmed or exited — on balance reducing.
A prompt to read the filings, not a verdict. 13F is a quarter-end snapshot disclosed up to 45 days late; a fund adds or exits for mandate, benchmark, and timing reasons that have nothing to do with a view on the stock. This is a starting question, not a signal to trade.
Conviction spread
BBW’s largest tracked holder by dollar value, VANGUARD GROUP INC, sizes it at 0.0% of its own reported 13F book, while the median holder sizes it at 0.0% of theirs — a 0.0pp gap the other way — the median holder sizes BBW more heavily than its largest holder by dollar value does.
Book-share is each fund’s reported value in BBW divided by its whole reported 13F book, so it is comparable across funds of different sizes and is unaffected by stock splits. A higher share means a fund has committed more of its book to the name — a starting question about conviction, not a verdict or a signal to trade.
Institutional & insider positioning
Between 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1, across 180 tracked filers holding BBW, 90 increased or opened the position and 108 reduced or closed it; over the same quarter, there were no open-market insider Form 4s.
This fuses two public signals for the same quarter — how tracked institutions changed their positions and whether insiders bought or sold in the open market. It describes what was filed; it is a starting question, not a verdict or a signal to trade.
New buyers & exits
Funds opening or closing a position in BBW between the 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1 13F filings, and the largest changes among funds holding it in both. New buyers and exits are counted on fund presence (split-invariant); adds and trims are measured on reported value.
New buyers 13
- VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$20M
- FIRST SABREPOINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP$7M
- VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC$6M
- VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO$3M
- LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.$3M
- Squarepoint Ops LLC$2M
Full exits 19
- VANGUARD GROUP INC$46M
- ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$21M
- OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/$8M
- Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.$7M
- Boston Partners$7M
- Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc.$7M
Largest adds
- MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$9M
- UBS Group AG$2M
- MARSHALL WACE, LLP$2M
- Point72 Asset Management, L.P.$859K
- Legal & General Group Plc$485K
- D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.$408K
Largest trims
- Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP$38M
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans$25M
- BlackRock, Inc.$25M
- Pacifica Capital Investments, LLC$24M
- De Lisle Partners LLP$18M
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC$15M
Institutional holders
One row per tracked fund, largest reported value first. “% of value” is the fund’s share of this security’s tracked institutional value — not of shares outstanding. Rows marked stale are from an earlier filing than the security’s latest quarter — that fund is absent from the newest snapshot (position exited, or reported under a different name).
| Fund | Shares | Reported value | % of value | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP trimmed | 1,024,970 | $38M | 6.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Pacifica Capital Investments, LLC trimmed | 1,006,159 | $38M | 6.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| BlackRock, Inc. trimmed | 920,591 | $34M | 5.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans trimmed | 814,651 | $31M | 4.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| De Lisle Partners LLP | 765,938 | $29M | 4.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. trimmed | 611,335 | $23M | 3.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC added | 558,076 | $21M | 3.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC new | 545,931 | $20M | 3.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added | 389,069 | $15M | 2.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP added | 366,456 | $14M | 2.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC added | 365,216 | $14M | 2.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| STATE STREET CORP trimmed | 362,574 | $14M | 2.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Pillsbury Lake Capital LLC added | 330,102 | $12M | 2.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed | 290,766 | $11M | 1.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC added | 215,975 | $8M | 1.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| FIRST SABREPOINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP added | 188,251 | $7M | 1.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC new | 158,088 | $6M | 1.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. added | 157,497 | $6M | 1.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC trimmed | 153,698 | $6M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT | 153,600 | $6M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| Meros Investment Management, LP added | 152,126 | $6M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| MORGAN STANLEY added | 151,651 | $6M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| UBS Group AG added | 150,789 | $6M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| Oppenheimer & Close, LLC trimmed | 149,578 | $6M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added | 133,398 | $5M | 0.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp trimmed | 121,398 | $5M | 0.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP added | 114,155 | $4M | 0.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| CSM Advisors, LLC trimmed | 108,763 | $4M | 0.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| CANNELL CAPITAL LLC added | 107,035 | $4M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added | 104,798 | $4M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| Miller Value Partners, LLC added | 103,734 | $4M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| CROWN ADVISORS MANAGEMENT, INC. trimmed | 100,000 | $4M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC trimmed | 98,125 | $4M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO new | 83,741 | $3M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. trimmed | 80,128 | $3M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. added | 74,325 | $3M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC added | 72,554 | $3M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP added | 71,681 | $3M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC added | 63,385 | $2M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. added | 60,693 | $2M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Invesco Ltd. trimmed | 56,847 | $2M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Kennondale Capital Management LLC trimmed | 53,140 | $2M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC added | 48,271 | $2M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 45,100 | $2M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP added | 43,413 | $2M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Inspire Investing, LLC added | 42,346 | $2M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP trimmed | 37,936 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| FORMULA GROWTH LTD trimmed | 35,142 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC added | 32,763 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Trexquant Investment LP trimmed | 32,512 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP new | 32,472 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC added | 32,334 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS trimmed | 31,960 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Nuveen, LLC trimmed | 31,570 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC added | 30,903 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| NorthCoast Asset Management LLC | 28,491 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD new | 27,709 | $1M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| CHASE INVESTMENT COUNSEL CORP new | 26,000 | $973K | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed | 25,577 | $958K | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 24,751 | $927K | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd trimmed | 24,669 | $924K | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Swiss National Bank new | 24,300 | $910K | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC added | 23,418 | $877K | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. added | 21,100 | $790K | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT trimmed | 20,149 | $755K | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| XTX Topco Ltd added | 19,236 | $720K | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC trimmed | 753,984 | $46M | 7.5% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added | 342,276 | $21M | 3.4% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ added | 134,100 | $8M | 1.3% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. trimmed | 118,500 | $7M | 1.2% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Boston Partners added | 109,736 | $7M | 1.1% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc. added | 109,254 | $7M | 1.1% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC added | 97,938 | $6M | 1.0% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. added | 95,182 | $5M | 0.8% | 2025-Q2 stale |
| Foundry Partners, LLC added | 115,885 | $4M | 0.7% | 2025-Q1 stale |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC added | 64,438 | $3M | 0.5% | 2025-Q2 stale |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP added | 50,363 | $3M | 0.5% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC trimmed | 52,689 | $3M | 0.5% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. new | 84,860 | $3M | 0.5% | 2025-Q1 stale |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC added | 58,694 | $3M | 0.5% | 2025-Q2 stale |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 48,126 | $3M | 0.5% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp added | 65,000 | $2M | 0.4% | 2025-Q1 stale |
| Point72 Hong Kong Ltd added | 35,330 | $2M | 0.4% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| Lotus Technology Management, LP new | 30,625 | $2M | 0.3% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC added | 28,858 | $2M | 0.3% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| SummerHaven Investment Management, LLC added | 32,275 | $2M | 0.3% | 2025-Q2 stale |
| Sowell Financial Services LLC new | 24,455 | $2M | 0.3% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC added | 24,938 | $2M | 0.2% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| CWA Asset Management Group, LLC trimmed | 22,365 | $1M | 0.2% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| Man Group plc added | 33,571 | $1M | 0.2% | 2025-Q1 stale |
| DNB Asset Management AS new | 20,006 | $1M | 0.2% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC added | 23,208 | $1M | 0.2% | 2025-Q2 stale |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC trimmed | 18,340 | $1M | 0.2% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP trimmed | 19,808 | $1M | 0.2% | 2025-Q2 stale |
| Cutter & CO Brokerage, Inc. | 24,751 | $920K | 0.1% | 2025-Q1 stale |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. added | 13,662 | $891K | 0.1% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO trimmed | 13,704 | $840K | 0.1% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd added | 15,580 | $803K | 0.1% | 2025-Q2 stale |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. added | 12,398 | $760K | 0.1% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Ellsworth Advisors, LLC new | 13,852 | $714K | 0.1% | 2025-Q2 stale |
Ownership over time
Tracked institutional holder count and total shares held by filing quarter (independent scales). The curated-era tail and any mid-ingest latest quarter are handled honestly — a partial quarter is not drawn as a collapse.
Reading this table
Funds hold the same stock for different reasons — an index fund “holds” almost everything, an active manager sizes a name to a mandate and a benchmark, and each fund entered at its own price and time. Because 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter-end, every row is a backward-looking snapshot; a manager may have traded since. Share-class siblings (a company’s A and C shares) are rolled up to one line so a dual-class name is never double-counted. Compare like-for-like. A large holder is not an endorsement, and a fund exiting is not a warning — this is a starting question, not a verdict.
About 13F filings
A Form 13F is a quarterly disclosure that institutional investment managers with over $100 million in US-listed equities must file with the SEC. In plain English: it is a snapshot of the long stock positions a fund held at the end of a quarter. It covers long US-listed equities only — not short positions, options, cash, or private holdings — and the funds shown are the large sample we track, not the complete 13F universe.