Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. AKA
$10.85 +0.00% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $119.0M
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 24.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $603.6M, up 0.9% from a year earlier, slowing from 3.0% a quarter earlier.
- The stock is 27% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 38%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 20%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 13%
- Gross marginTop 10%
- Operating marginBottom 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 10%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Interest coverBottom 11%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 10%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 37%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 18%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 14%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 33%
- 6-month returnTop 44%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 30%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 38%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 20%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 7%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 20%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 16%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.0% | 0.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 57.2% | 59.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -1.8% | -2.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -0.3% | 1.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.9% | 3.0% | ↓ | Bottom 36% |
| Gross margin | 59.6% | 57.2% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Operating margin | -2.5% | -1.8% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Net margin | -4.4% | -4.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.5% | -0.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -4.8% | — | Bottom 13% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.6% | — | Bottom 38% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -12.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -62.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 24.43×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.37%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.37%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +16.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $17.50
- Target vs current price
- +61.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 11
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 18%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +97.6% | +2.4% | -4.1% | -5.0% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | +32.7% | +6.1% | -7.4% | -21.1% | -1.8% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | -58.8% | +0.0% | -3.9% | -1.9% | -8.3% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -4.5% | +4.0% | +15.2% | -7.5% | -8.0% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +32.7% | +0.9% | -2.6% | -3.8% | +21.1% |
| May 13, 2025 | +0.0% | +0.1% | +55.5% | +55.5% | +41.4% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -528.6% | +5.1% | -15.3% | +2.8% | -14.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -828.6% | +3.0% | -17.1% | -20.8% | -31.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -$0.01 | -$0.41 | +97.6% | $160.1M |
| May 12, 2026 | -$0.66 | -$0.98 | +32.7% | $132.5M |
| Mar 5, 2026 | -$1.35 | -$0.85 | -58.8% | $163.9M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -$0.46 | -$0.44 | -4.5% | $147.1M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -$0.34 | -$0.51 | +32.7% | $160.5M |
| May 13, 2025 | -$0.78 | -$0.78 | +0.0% | $128.7M |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -$0.88 | -$0.14 | -528.6% | $159.0M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.51 | $0.07 | -828.6% | $149.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 39.3× | — | — | Bottom 18% |
| EV / Sales | 0.52× | — | — | Top 14% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.64% | — | — | Top 37% |
| Earnings yield | -22.90% | — | — | Bottom 10% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 11
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.5%
- RSI (14)
- 49.9
- Relative volume
- 0.02×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.33
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.21
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -27.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -76.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2021 | May 5, 2023 | -97.9% | 368 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Oct 7, 2021 | -18.0% | 9 days | 9 days (Oct 20, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $119.0M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.48
- Revenue (TTM)
- $603.6M
- 52-week range
- $8.42 – $16.38
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $562.2M | $611.7M | $546.3M | $574.7M | $600.2M |
| Gross profit | $307.7M | $337.2M | $300.3M | $327.5M | $326.3M |
| Operating income | $16.4M | -$172.0M | -$83.4M | -$10.3M | -$6.8M |
| Net income | -$6.0M | -$176.7M | -$98.9M | -$26.0M | -$31.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.57 | -$16.47 | -$9.24 | -$2.46 | -$2.93 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $149.9M | $159.0M | $128.7M | $160.5M | $147.1M | $163.9M | $132.5M | $160.1M |
| Net income | -$5.4M | -$9.4M | -$8.3M | -$3.6M | -$5.0M | -$14.5M | -$7.1M | -$161,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.51 | -$0.88 | -$0.78 | -$0.34 | -$0.46 | -$1.35 | -$0.66 | -$0.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $24.0M | -$319,000 | $33.4M | $669,000 | $16.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$7.7M | -$19.7M | -$6.0M | -$11.6M | -$17.1M |
| Free cash flow | $16.2M | -$20.1M | $27.4M | -$10.9M | -$633,000 |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $96.9M | $227,000 | -$2.1M | -$1.5M | -$1.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $21.1M
- Total assets
- $405.0M
- Total liabilities
- $309.5M
- Total debt
- $216.3M
- Net debt
- $195.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $95.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,379
- Days to cover
- 3.35
- Change vs previous report
- -14.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 2, 2023
- 1-for-12