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Xcel Brands (XELB) Competitors

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$2.04 -0.20 (-8.93%)
Closing price 10/16/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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XELB vs. MDRR, SOHO, IHT, SFES, MAAS, IROH, MKZR, MTR, MARPS, and SQFT

Should you be buying Xcel Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xcel Brands include Medalist Diversified REIT (MDRR), Sotherly Hotels (SOHO), InnSuites Hospitality Trust (IHT), Safeguard Scientifics (SFES), Maase (MAAS), Iron Horse Acquisitions (IROH), Mackenzie Realty Capital (MKZR), Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR), Marine Petroleum Trust (MARPS), and Presidio Property Trust (SQFT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Xcel Brands vs. Its Competitors

Xcel Brands (NASDAQ:XELB) and Medalist Diversified REIT (NASDAQ:MDRR) are both small-cap trading companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Medalist Diversified REIT has a net margin of -23.54% compared to Xcel Brands' net margin of -399.74%. Medalist Diversified REIT's return on equity of -10.25% beat Xcel Brands' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Xcel Brands-399.74% -19.43% -10.45%
Medalist Diversified REIT -23.54%-10.25%-2.97%

In the previous week, Xcel Brands had 1 more articles in the media than Medalist Diversified REIT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Xcel Brands and 1 mentions for Medalist Diversified REIT. Xcel Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Medalist Diversified REIT's score of 0.95 indicating that Xcel Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Xcel Brands Positive
Medalist Diversified REIT Positive

Xcel Brands has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medalist Diversified REIT has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Xcel Brands currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.06%. Given Xcel Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Xcel Brands is more favorable than Medalist Diversified REIT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Xcel Brands
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Medalist Diversified REIT
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Medalist Diversified REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Xcel Brands. Medalist Diversified REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xcel Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Xcel Brands$8.26M1.18-$22.40M-$9.74-0.21
Medalist Diversified REIT$9.73M1.89$30K-$1.81-7.53

18.6% of Xcel Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Xcel Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.8% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Xcel Brands and Medalist Diversified REIT tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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XELB vs. The Competition

MetricXcel BrandsRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.67M$8.42B$27.18B$10.55B
Dividend YieldN/A2.93%172.45%4.78%
P/E Ratio-0.2122.5419.4327.19
Price / Sales1.181.218.78132.96
Price / CashN/A19.2261.8462.13
Price / Book0.173.605.096.65
Net Income-$22.40M$368.88M$911.72M$276.79M
7 Day Performance3.03%3.77%2.28%1.75%
1 Month Performance41.67%-4.39%-4.02%5.15%
1 Year Performance-74.00%-3.39%14.23%36.96%

Xcel Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XELB
Xcel Brands
3.6723 of 5 stars
$2.04
-8.9%
$3.00
+47.1%
-74.0%$10.67M$8.26M-0.2180Gap Down
MDRR
Medalist Diversified REIT
1.4072 of 5 stars
$13.53
+3.0%
N/A+11.2%$18.30M$9.73M-7.492,018Analyst Forecast
SOHO
Sotherly Hotels
1.822 of 5 stars
$0.83
+1.7%
N/A-29.0%$17.62M$181.89M-2.5310Short Interest ↑
IHT
InnSuites Hospitality Trust
0.6226 of 5 stars
$1.76
-0.3%
N/A-26.0%$15.43M$7.46M-17.5580
SFES
Safeguard Scientifics
N/A$0.87
flat
N/A+5.9%$14.62MN/A-1.5633Gap Up
MAAS
Maase
1.1234 of 5 stars
$3.33
+0.6%
N/AN/A$13.82M$163.10M0.00550Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
IROH
Iron Horse Acquisitions
N/A$5.51
flat
N/AN/A$11.94MN/A0.00N/A
MKZR
Mackenzie Realty Capital
1.8159 of 5 stars
$6.30
+7.9%
N/AN/A$11.15M$22.06M0.00N/APositive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
MTR
Mesa Royalty Trust
0.8014 of 5 stars
$5.10
-3.8%
N/A-14.2%$9.59M$491.95K24.50N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
MARPS
Marine Petroleum Trust
2.1125 of 5 stars
$4.46
+4.1%
N/A+15.0%$9.11M$1.04M12.652,021Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SQFT
Presidio Property Trust
1.6294 of 5 stars
$5.94
-0.5%
N/A-13.8%$8.62M$18.05M-0.5120News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:XELB) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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