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Xcel Brands, Inc
XELB Consumer Cyclical Apparel Manufacturing
Xcel Brands, Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.9 million, down 40.2% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 15.1%, EPS grew 75.9%, free cash flow grew 21.4% and total debt fell 1.31%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 38.00 | 18.00 | 9.95 | 11.00 | 4.00 | 9.49 | 6.71 | 5.11 | 3.31 | 0.74 |
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| High | 74.99 | 50.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 | 18.60 | 41.50 | 19.90 | 21.00 | 16.97 | 5.49 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 94 | 80 | 90 | 84 | 69 | 93 | 81 | 36 | 21 | 15 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.39 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.49 | 0.39 | 0.33 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 33 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 29 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 100.00 | 100.00 | 92.38 | 75.38 | 81.47 | 71.88 | 69.05 | 61.04 | 94.61 | 100.00 | |||||
| EBT | 3 | (11) | 3 | (4) | (18) | (16) | (6) | (21) | (22) | (17) | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 9.23 | (33.33) | 8.23 | (9.79) | (59.78) | (42.54) | (22.45) | (118.42) | (270.49) | (354.26) | |||||
| Net income | 3 | (10) | 1 | (3) | (13) | (13) | (5) | (22) | (23) | (18) | |||||
| Depreciation | 2 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 17.55 | 17.14 | 19.40 | 22.13 | 15.40 | 19.50 | 13.14 | 9.01 | 3.63 | 1.44 | ||||
| Earnings | 1.50 | (5.50) | 0.60 | (1.80) | (6.80) | (6.30) | (2.00) | (10.70) | (9.84) | (5.08) | |||||
| Cash flow | 4.25 | 2.53 | 3.61 | 1.86 | 1.67 | (3.37) | (7.23) | (3.32) | (2.07) | (2.04) | |||||
| Capex | (1.16) | (0.13) | (0.81) | (0.60) | (0.37) | (0.58) | (0.13) | 0.18 | (0.05) | 0.00 | |||||
| Free cash flow | 3.09 | 2.40 | 2.80 | 1.26 | 1.30 | (3.95) | (7.36) | (3.14) | (2.12) | (2.05) | |||||
| Book value | 57.00 | 52.80 | 54.64 | 52.21 | 45.12 | 38.52 | 35.74 | 24.44 | 12.48 | 4.61 | |||||
| Shares, m | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 28.85 | 0.00 | 19.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| P/S | 2.45 | 1.93 | 0.58 | 0.68 | 0.79 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 1.62 | 1.42 | 0.75 | |||||
| P/B | 0.75 | 0.63 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.60 | 0.41 | 0.23 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 2.99 | 2.39 | 0.89 | 1.04 | 1.21 | 1.38 | 0.65 | 2.08 | 2.57 | 3.09 | |||||
| EV/FCF | (21.22) | 17.08 | 6.17 | 18.56 | 14.56 | (6.79) | (1.16) | (5.92) | (4.35) | (2.16) | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | (7) | (14) | (7) | (5) | (7) | ||||
| Capex | (2) | 0 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Free cash flow | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | (8) | (14) | (6) | (5) | (7) | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | (6) | (4) | ||||
| Total debt | 32 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 13 | |||||
| Net debt | 18 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 106 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 86 | 75 | 70 | 48 | 28 | 16 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 1.81 | (7.07) | 0.80 | (2.44) | (9.72) | (9.79) | (3.74) | (26.22) | (35.71) | (37.67) | ||||
| ROIC | 2.45 | (5.13) | 2.22 | (1.44) | (10.38) | (7.40) | (1.96) | (22.92) | (35.28) | (30.20) | |||||
| ROE | 2.65 | (9.93) | 1.10 | (3.45) | (14.01) | (15.12) | (5.54) | (35.59) | (58.50) | (78.97) | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Xcel Brands, Inc vs peers in Apparel Manufacturing (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE Lakeland Industries, Inc. | $93.2M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −4.49% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +92.21% (above 0%: growing) | 36.98% | (6.67%) | Compare |
| JXG Aquaron Acquisition Corp. | $87.4M | — (loss-making) | — | +69.42% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −181,420.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | 15.04% | 0.00% | Compare |
| JRSH Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. | $78.2M | 16.2× | 11.0× | +26.75% (above 0%: growing) | +333.33% (above 0%: growing) | +133.83% (above 0%: growing) | 16.45% | 5.24% | Compare |
| PLCE The Children's Place, Inc. | $25.4M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −18.86% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +149.53% (above 0%: growing) | 34.44% | (5.39%) | Compare |
| JL J-Long Group Limited | $16.3M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare |
| PMNT Perfect Moment Ltd. | $11.2M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −21.88% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +14.90% (above 0%: growing) | 54.52% | (283.48%) | Compare |
| DLAPQ Delta Apparel, Inc. | $4.1M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −28.46% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +348.24% (above 0%: growing) | 4.25% | (30.96%) | Compare |
| XELB Xcel Brands, Inc | $2.3M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −15.14% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +21.40% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | (141.39%) | |
| NCI Neo-Concept International Group Holdings Limited | $2.0M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare |
| Median of peers | $20.8M | — | — | −11.67% | — | +113.02% | 25.45% | (6.03%) |
Xcel Brands, Inc (XELB) key facts
- Concern: Xcel Brands, Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.9 million, down 40.2% from fiscal 2024.
- Xcel Brands, Inc (XELB) is an Apparel Manufacturing company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, XELB traded at $0.46, a market capitalization of $2.3 million.
- Return on equity was −79.0% and debt-to-equity 1.03.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is −4.38 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.