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XCel Brands, Inc.
XELB
$3M
Mkt Cap
$1.23
-8.21%
XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of -23.3%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) has a market capitalization of $6M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 3.87%.
XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) operates in the Patent Owners & Lessors industry, within the Financials sector.
XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) generated $-5 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-9.84 in its most recent fiscal year.
Item 1. Business Xcel Brands, Inc. (the “Company,” “Xcel,” “We,” “Us,” or “Our”) is a media and consumer products company engaged in the design, licensing, marketing, live streaming, and social commerce sales of branded apparel, footwear, accessories, fine jewelry, home goods and other consumer products, and the acquisition of dynamic consumer lifestyle brands. Xcel was founded in 2011 with a vision to reimagine shopping, entertainment, and social media as social commerce. Currently, our brand portfolio consists of the following: ●the Halston brands (the "Halston Brand"), the Judith Ripka brands (the "Ripka Brand"), and the C Wonder brands (the "C Wonder Brand"), which are wholly owned by the Company; ●the TowerHill by Christie Brinkley brand (the “CB Brand”), which is a co-branded collaboration between Xcel and Christie Brinkley that launched in May 2024; ●the LB70 by Lloyd Boston brand (the “LB Brand”), which is a co-branded collaboration between Xcel and Lloyd Boston that launched
| Metric | TTM | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5.0M | - | 18M | 26M | 38M | 29M |
| Net Income | -22M | -22M | -21M | -4.0M | -12M | -13M |
| EPS | $-8.10 | $-9.84 | $-10.68 | $-2.00 | $-6.30 | $-6.80 |
| Free Cash Flow | -6.6M | -4.8M | -6.6M | -14M | -7.7M | 2.4M |
| ROIC | -44.1% | -49.2% | -39.0% | -4.0% | -12.2% | -12.1% |
| Gross Margin | - | - | 61.0% | 69.0% | 71.9% | 81.5% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.86 | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0.44 | 0.38 | 0.19 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | -18M | -21M | -21M | -2.3M | -13M | -16M |
| Operating Margin | -355.9% | - | -116.3% | -8.8% | -33.1% | -55.7% |
| ROE | -116.4% | -55.7% | -42.1% | -5.5% | -15.2% | -14.1% |
| Shares Outstanding | 5M | 2M | 2M | 2M | 2M | 2M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 32M | 35M | 42M | 29M | 38M | 26M | 18M | N/A | 5.0M |
| Gross Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 100.0% | 92.4% | 75.4% | 81.5% | 71.9% | 69.0% | 61.0% | N/A | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 2.3M | 3.1M | 3.6M | 5.7M | 4.7M | 5.2M | 5.6M | 9.7M | 14M | 16M | 13M | 6.8M | 5.0M |
| EBIT | 2.1M | 1.4M | 4.8M | 4.9M | -9.2M | 3.9M | -2.6M | -16M | -13M | -2.3M | -21M | -21M | -18M |
| Op. Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -29.1% | 11.1% | -6.3% | -55.7% | -33.1% | -8.8% | -116.3% | N/A | -355.9% |
| Net Income | 1.5M | -1.0M | 2.6M | 2.7M | -10M | 1.1M | -3.4M | -13M | -12M | -4.0M | -21M | -22M | -22M |
| Net Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -31.9% | 3.1% | -8.2% | -43.9% | -32.1% | -15.6% | -118.6% | N/A | -437.1% |
| Non-Recurring | 6K | 10M | 0 | 670K | 21M | 8.4M | 14M | 13M | 1.4M | 21M | 100K | 10M | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 2.7% | -1.3% | 2.2% | 2.1% | -8.1% | 1.0% | -3.0% | -12.1% | -12.2% | -4.0% | -39.0% | -49.2% | -44.1% |
| ROE | 5.1% | -2.2% | 3.2% | 2.7% | -9.9% | 1.1% | -3.5% | -14.1% | -15.2% | -5.5% | -42.1% | -55.7% | -116.4% |
| ROA | 2.2% | -1.1% | 1.9% | 1.8% | -7.1% | 0.8% | -2.4% | -9.7% | -9.8% | -3.7% | -29.4% | -35.7% | -53.8% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 2.4M | 5.9M | 3.3M | 7.9M | 4.7M | 6.6M | 3.5M | 3.2M | -6.6M | -14M | -6.5M | -4.7M | -6.6M |
| Free Cash Flow | 2.2M | 5.6M | 2.8M | 5.8M | 4.5M | 5.1M | 2.4M | 2.4M | -7.7M | -14M | -6.6M | -4.8M | -6.6M |
| Owner Earnings | -3.3M | -219K | -2.7M | 1.6M | -69K | 3.0M | -1.4M | -3.2M | -14M | -22M | -14M | -10M | -11M |
| CapEx | 218K | 246K | 530K | 2.2M | 208K | 1.5M | 1.1M | 748K | 1.1M | 265K | 100K | 112K | 10K |
| Maint. CapEx | 873K | 935K | 1.4M | 1.6M | 1.6M | 1.8M | 3.9M | 5.5M | 6.8M | 7.3M | 7.0M | 4.9M | 3.6M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 600K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 873K | 935K | 1.4M | 1.6M | 1.6M | 1.8M | 3.9M | 5.5M | 6.8M | 7.3M | 7.0M | 4.9M | 3.6M |
| CapEx/OCF | 9.1% | 4.2% | 16.1% | 27.3% | 4.4% | 22.4% | 32.4% | 23.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 622K | 978K | 748K | 1.4M | 1.2M | 1.0M | 174K | 190K | 16K | 442K | 442K | 107K | 229K |
| Buyback Yield | 2.3% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 5.3% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 3.2% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 3.9% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 4.8M | 5.2M | 4.6M | 4.7M | 3.2M | 1.8M | 976K | 850K | 720K | 620K | 242K | 403K | 453K |
| Debt Repayment | 14M | 250K | 3.3M | 5.5M | 7.2M | 5.5M | 4.7M | 2.3M | 42M | 29M | 29M | 5.0M | 5.0M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 17M | 36M | 24M | 18M | 15M | 7.8M | 14M | 12M | 24M | 27M | -525K | 4.8M | 13M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 7.5M | 8.5M | 17M | 14M | 10M | 8.8M | 4.6M | 5.0M | 4.5M | 4.6M | 3.0M | 1.3M | 3.0M |
| Long-Term Debt | 24M | 39M | 32M | 25M | 19M | 11M | 17M | 14M | 26M | 29M | 4.0M | 6.6M | 9.0M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.44 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.86 |
| Interest Coverage | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | -7.9 | 4.3 | -2.0 | -13.8 | -6.6 | -1.9 | -182.7 | -34.6 | -34.6 |
| Equity | 35M | 60M | 100M | 106M | 98M | 100M | 98M | 86M | 74M | 71M | 50M | 30M | 19M |
| Total Assets | 71M | 124M | 152M | 151M | 135M | 138M | 143M | 123M | 126M | 89M | 72M | 54M | 40M |
| Total Liabilities | 36M | 64M | 52M | 45M | 37M | 38M | 45M | 37M | 51M | 19M | 23M | 25M | 24M |
| Intangibles | 58M | 110M | 125M | 124M | 110M | 109M | 117M | 94M | 98M | N/A | N/A | N/A | 64M |
| Retained Earnings | 4.5M | 3.5M | 6.1M | 8.8M | -1.3M | -233K | -3.7M | -17M | -29M | -33M | -54M | -76M | -91M |
| Working Capital | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Current Assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Current Liabilities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.60 | 0.00 | 1.70 | 1.40 | -5.50 | 0.60 | -1.80 | -6.80 | -6.30 | -2.00 | -10.68 | -9.84 | -8.10 |
| Owner EPS | -3.45 | -0.16 | -1.80 | 0.83 | -0.04 | 1.67 | -0.72 | -1.66 | -7.29 | -10.98 | -6.97 | -4.42 | -2.22 |
| Book Value | 36.95 | 42.98 | 66.10 | 54.31 | 53.08 | 55.08 | 51.54 | 45.07 | 38.41 | 35.25 | 25.38 | 13.37 | 3.89 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 2.49 | 4.19 | 2.18 | 4.05 | 2.54 | 3.64 | 1.84 | 1.67 | -3.39 | -7.06 | -3.32 | -2.07 | -3.78 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 1.0M | 1.4M | 1.5M | 2.0M | 1.8M | 1.8M | 1.9M | 1.9M | 1.9M | 2.0M | 2.0M | 2.3M | 4.8M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 17.5 | N/A | 43.4 | 32.5 | N/A | 17.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -0.2 |
| P/FCF | 12.4 | 17.4 | 40.4 | 15.5 | 13.4 | 3.8 | 12.9 | 9.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | 21.1 | 93.5 | 28.2 | 21.9 | N/A | 6.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | N/A | 1.2 |
| FCF Yield | 8.1% | 5.7% | 2.5% | 6.5% | 7.5% | 26.4% | 7.8% | 10.4% | -37.3% | -105.6% | -26.1% | -43.7% | -111.9% |
| Market Cap | 27M | 98M | 112M | 89M | 60M | 19M | 30M | 23M | 21M | 14M | 25M | 11M | 5.9M |
| Avg. Price | 49.62 | 56.60 | 76.47 | 53.73 | 32.87 | 25.88 | 16.20 | 9.65 | 18.18 | 11.55 | 10.38 | 8.02 | 1.23 |
| Year-End Price | 28.00 | 70.00 | 73.80 | 45.50 | 32.50 | 10.70 | 16.00 | 12.30 | 10.60 | 6.81 | 12.92 | 4.85 | 1.23 |
XCel Brands, Inc. passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
The company's 5-year average gross margin is 70.9%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 3.9%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -18.1%.
XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) has a return on equity (ROE) of -55.7%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) has a 5-year average gross margin of 70.9%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 14 years of financial data for XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
XCel Brands, Inc. (XELB) has a book value per share of $13.37, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.