Xcel Brands, Inc. (XELB) Stock Analysis

Company Overview

The market values Xcel Brands, Inc. (XELB) at $5.97M. The company sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Apparel Manufacturing industry. The company reports 15 employees.

Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $0.63 to $2.66. The most recent close on file for XELB is $0.91, dated September 4, 2026. That is +$0.05 (+5.85%) against the previous close. The latest close sits 45.62% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

In fiscal 2025, Xcel Brands, Inc. reported revenue of $4.94M. Against the prior fiscal year total of $8.26M, that is a change of −40.20%. The same year closed with a net loss of $17.46M. Profit margin runs at 0%. That is 2.9 percentage points below the Apparel Manufacturing median of 2.87%. Trailing earnings per share are −3.06.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $25.78M in 2022 to $4.94M in 2025. Of those 4 years, 0 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

The record shows negative trailing earnings, so no price-to-earnings ratio is published. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 0.08. Measured against sales, the shares trade at 1.31 times revenue. On price-to-sales that is 142.76% above the Apparel Manufacturing median of 0.54. The medians here are taken across 26 Apparel Manufacturing companies that report the metric.

Beta against the wider market is reported at 1.25. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 100.98%. Over the trailing twelve months the price has returned −38.09%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at −32.69%.

Growth & Income

The record shows no dividend for XELB.

Across the complete calendar years on file, 2023 returned +84.23% and 2025 returned −79.03%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 2 finished higher. 2026 is still running; the price is −15.73% year to date.