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XELB

XCel Brands, Inc.

Next earnings Aug 12, 2026 · consensus $-0.39 EPS, $1.84M rev

Avoid
$1.79
▲ +1.70%
$1.79▼ -1.38%
over 1Y
L $0.75EODHDH $2.43
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+1.7%
1W-10.5%
1M-13.1%
3M+15.5%
YTD+62.7%
1Y-1.4%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
D
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Flagged
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)
Street · 7 analysts
Buy

Revenue fell -40.2% YoY.

Revenue (FY2025) $4.94M · FY2025

XCel Brands, Inc. shows $4.94M in FY2025 revenue (-40.2% YoY), a -353.5% net margin, and -97.2% ROE.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$37.9M$25.8M$17.8M$8.26M$4.94M
Gross profit$27.3M$17.8M$10.8M$7.81M$4.94M
Operating income-$12.6M-$2.26M-$20.6M-$21.4M-$13.2M
Net income-$12.2M-$4.02M-$21.1M-$22.4M-$17.5M
Diluted EPS-$0.63-$0.20-$10.68-$9.84-$5.08
Net margin-32.1%-15.6%-118.6%-271.2%-353.5%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$22.1M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales4.5
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-165.0%
FCF yield-66.4%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-34.1%
Free cash flow-$7.03M
Total debt$12.7M
Net cash-$11.6M
Altman Z-Score-4.21 distress
Piotroski F-Score3/9

Capital returns

Buyback yield1.9%
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield1.9%
Shares Δ YoY+146.9%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Red flag in recent filings — late filing notice (2026-04-01). Worth a closer look.
  1. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2026-06-23
  2. 8-K Other event2026-05-26
  3. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-14
  4. 8-K Material agreement2026-04-30
  5. S-1/A Securities registration2026-04-24
  6. 8-K Material agreement2026-04-17
  7. 10-K Annual report2026-04-15
  8. NT 10-K Late filing notice2026-04-01
  9. 8-K Material agreement2026-03-24

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-232026-06-23open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-292026-06-01open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-202026-05-26open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-14open ↗EFFECTFiling2026-05-06open ↗CORRESPFiling2026-05-04open ↗4Period ending 2026-04-302026-05-04open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-04-242026-04-30open ↗S-1/AFiling2026-04-24open ↗4Period ending 2026-04-202026-04-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-04-202026-04-22open ↗4Period ending 2026-04-202026-04-22open ↗

Quality score

D
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueB
GrowthC-
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthC+
Momentum—
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
Revenue
$4.94M
-40.2% YoY
Net margin
-353.5%
ROE
-97.2%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$4.94M-40.2%
Net income-$17.5M+22.0%
Gross profit$4.94M-36.8%
Operating income-$13.2M+38.2%
Diluted EPS-$5.08+48.4%
Cash & equivalents$1.15M-8.3%
Total assets$38.9M-27.6%
Total liabilities$23.1M-8.8%
Stockholders' equity$18.0M-41.0%
Gross: 100.0%Op.: -267.9%L/E: 1.29x

Frequently asked

Is XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) a buy?
XELB currently carries a Avoid rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Revenue fell -40.2% YoY.
What is XCel Brands, Inc.'s quality score?
XELB scores 49.03921568627451/100 (grade D) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001083220, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-14) · EODHD · as of 6/26/2026, 7:45:34 PM.

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Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-05-29
D LOREN ROBERT W
CEO and Chairman
Award13.6K @ $2.13$29.0K
2026-05-29
D LOREN ROBERT W
CEO and Chairman
Tax6.17K @ $2.13$13.1K
2026-04-30
D LOREN ROBERT W
CEO and Chairman
Award13.9K @ $2.13$29.6K
2026-04-30
D LOREN ROBERT W
CEO and Chairman
Tax6.86K @ $2.13$14.6K
2026-04-20
D LOREN ROBERT W
CEO and Chairman
Award13.2K @ $2.24$29.6K
2026-04-20
D LOREN ROBERT W
CEO and Chairman
Tax6.81K @ $2.24$15.3K
2026-04-20
DiSanto Mark
Director
Award1.25K
2026-04-20
Fielding James D
Director
Award1.25K
2026-04-20
LIEBMAN HOWARD M
Director
Award1.25K
2026-04-20
Weinswig Deborah
Director
Award1.25K
2026-04-14
D LOREN ROBERT W
CEO and Chairman
Award1.74K @ $1.44$2.50K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2025-08-15Beat +27.5% est▲ +1.89%8-K ↗
2024-07-24—▲ +0.55%8-K ↗
2024-04-19—▲ +4.48%8-K ↗
2024-03-07—▲ +0.01%8-K ↗
2023-08-15—▼ -7.81%8-K ↗
2022-11-17—▼ -2.07%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Recent news

market news →
Xcel Brands Announces License Agreement for Trust. Respect. Love by Cesar Millan with EcoStrongBullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-06-11
UPDATE -- Xcel Brands Announces Exclusive Partnership and Launch of Limited-Edition Capsule Collection with Baggallini and Coco RochaBullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-06-10
Xcel Brands Announces Mega Model, TV Celebrity and Influencer Coco Rocha to Launch fashion brand OFF/DUTY by Coco Rocha on QVC Fall 2026Bullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-06-04
Xcel Brands (XELB) Q1 2026 Earnings TranscriptBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-05-20
CORRECTION -- Xcel Brands, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2026 Financial ResultsBullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-05-14
XCEL BRANDS announces sale of luxury fine jewelry brand Judith RipkaBullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-04-30

Vs tracked universe

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1043 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score49 vs 67
Revenue growth-40.2% vs 7.1%
Net margin-353.5% vs 10.5%
Return on equity-97.2% vs 12.3%
P/E— vs 25.5

News sentiment

EODHD · 6d
Bullish
+0.18
vs typical · 6 articles
↑ improving

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.