Xcel Brands (XELB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Xcel Brands, Inc. is a media and consumer products company that develops, markets and manages lifestyle brands. Its business model combines brand ownership and licensing with television, digital media, e-commerce and other direct-to-consumer channels.

The company works with designers and brand partners to create and distribute products across categories such as apparel, accessories, jewelry, beauty and home goods. Xcel Brands supports its brands through product design, licensing partnerships, marketing, content production and retail distribution, including television shopping and online commerce.

Xcel Brands was established in 2011 and is based in New York. Its portfolio has included brands such as Judith Ripka, LOGO by Lori Goldstein, Isaac Mizrahi and C. Wonder, although its brand holdings and licensing relationships may change over time. The company serves consumers primarily in the United States through national retail, digital and media channels. Robert W. D’Loren has served as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.35 to $0.40
• 50-Day Range: $0.34 to $0.91
• 52-Week Range: $0.27 to $2.47
• Volume: 26,481 shs
• Average Volume: 326,033 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.63 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Xcel Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Xcel Brands scored higher than 41% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Xcel Brands has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Xcel Brands has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Xcel Brands are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.44) to ($0.48) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Xcel Brands is -0.11, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Xcel Brands is -0.11, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Xcel Brands has a P/B Ratio of 0.14. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.52% of the float of Xcel Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Xcel Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.11, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Xcel Brands has recently increased by 79.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Xcel Brands does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Xcel Brands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.20

News Sentiment

Xcel Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Xcel Brands this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Xcel Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $33,965.00 in company stock, which represents 1.2969% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Xcel Brands insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $33,965.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

27.25% of the stock of Xcel Brands is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

18.55% of the stock of Xcel Brands is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/13/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
• Sub-Industry: Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:XELB
• CIK: 1083220
• Web: www.xcelbrands.com
• Phone: (347) 727-2474
• Fax: 347-572-0456
• Employees: 15
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($3.39)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$17.46 million
• Net Margins: -343.68%
• Pretax Margin: -344.83%
• Return on Equity: -109.17%
• Return on Assets: -42.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.87
• Current Ratio: 0.28
• Quick Ratio: 0.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.94 million
• Price / Sales: 0.53
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $2.68 per share
• Price / Book: 0.14

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 6,910,000
• Free Float: 5,026,000
• Market Cap: $2.63 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.35